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Australia-UK FTA a boon for local business

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
Local businesses are poised to reap from the Australia's free trade agreement (FTA) with the United Kingdom which came into effect on May 31. Some 99% of Australian products will enter the UK duty free thanks to the deal that was signed on 17 December ...

US debt ceiling agreement reached

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2023
... values that Congressional Democrats and I have fought long and hard for," he said. The agreement has been passed to the United States House and Senate. "I strongly urge both chambers to pass that agreement," he concluded. UNSW Business School of Economics ...

Abolishing FDSs a major win: Panel

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023
... "incredibly difficult" to issue and that having one small error can invalidate the entire process. Anderson told the recent United Association Roadshow in Sydney that, following an ASIC review under Report 636 in 2019, the regulator urged advisers to ...

Adviser numbers drop, FAAA strengthens recruitment

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2023
... meet the soaring demand for advice. The FAAA's chief executive Sarah Abood, who spoke at the newly merged organisation's United Association Roadshow Sydney leg this morning, highlighted the fact that the worrying decline in adviser numbers is not commensurate ...

Praemium names chief technology officer

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2023
... that he spent over two years at Future Fund as its chief technology officer and 15 years at Aberdeen Asset Managers in the United Kingdom as its global head of business systems. "We are delighted to have Richard join our team," said Praemium chief executive ...

GBST acquires WealthConnect platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2023
... trajectory." Moving forward, GBST is seeing a significant increase in opportunities in its established markets, Australia, and the United Kingdom, as well as growing interest in newer markets like the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Last year, GBST introduced ...

Modern slavery on the rise a decade on from Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
... conversation in what is a pretty nascent/emerging market for embracing human rights risk, full stop." During the same decade, the United Nations promulgated the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, which are a series of fundamental principles ...

Digital advice association in the works

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2023
... digital advice providers has been initiated to support the Quality of Advice Review (QAR) proposed reforms and serve as a united voice before government. The founding members and representatives of the body are Abrdn head of retirement and digital innovation ...

Lowe reinforces more hikes may come

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2023
... Lowe asserted that this doesn't imply that the country is immune to pressures abroad. "While the authorities in the United States and Switzerland have taken decisive steps to maintain confidence in their banking systems, the situation is still fragile ...

Harvest Lane backs US cybersecurity firm

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2023
... Srinivasan said the company is headed into 2023 on the heels of a strong 2022. "Over the past year, we've doubled sales in the United States, released new capabilities, expanded our leadership team and board, and forged new integrations with leading ...