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ASIC cancels 8 AFSLs after review

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
Eight advice businesses have had their Australian financial services (AFS) licenses cancelled after an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) review into licensees that failed to lodge audited annual statement. The review has resulted ...

BT launches Avaloq-powered platform

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
BT Financial Group's has become the first Australian company to launch a platform supported by Zurich-based IT company Avaloq's Banking Suite. Avaloq is providing what it described as the "core technologies" for BT's new Panorama operating system. The ...

Inquiry sees spike in demand for legal action against CBA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
Law firms working to start a class action against Commonwealth Bank's (CBA) financial planning businesses have seen a spike in the number of affected consumers willing to join the legal cause. Maurice Blackburn principal John Berrill and Shine Lawyers ...

TPB open for TASA registration from today

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
Financial planners who provide tax financial advice can register from today with the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) to comply with the Tax Agent Services Act 2009 (TASA). The TPB has sent all Australian financial services licensees (AFSL) instructions ...

MDA provider makes debut on ASX

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
Managed Accounts Holdings Limited has started trading on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) today after raising about $3 million in its Initial Public Offering. The owner of managed discretionary account specialist managedaccounts.com.au will ...

ASIC bans former PIS and AMP advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
Former Professional Investment Services (PIS) and AMP Financial Planning advisers have been banned from financial services. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) took action against AMP Financial Planning adviser Roy Whye Wah Moo ...

FSU warns of job loss 'tidal wave'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
A "tidal wave" of job losses in the Australian financial services sector may be the outcome of "secret" trade negotiations, the Financial Services Union has said. Along with the United States and the European Union, Australia is currently leading negotiations ...

PROFILE: J.P. Morgan head of investor services Henry Capra

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
Henry Capra Eight months into his role as managing director and head of investor services at J.P. Morgan, Henry Capra talks to James Fernyhough about the increasingly competitive world of the custodian. That Henry Capra was born in Italy to Italian ...

AIA Australia appoints CEO

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
AIA Australia chief executive officer Peter Crewe is set to take up a new role based in Hong Kong, A and the insurer will have a new chief executive starting August 1, 2014. AIA Australia general manager of life insurance Damien Mu has been appointed ...

UBS adviser banned from financial services industry

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
Former UBS financial adviser was banned from the financial services industry for engaging in misleading and deceptive conduct. Sebastian Konjevic was a client adviser of UBS AG holding an Australian Financial Services (AFS) licence from September 2005 ...