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ANZ to chase more China assets

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... Finally, the CEO said that Australian banks would have to be sensitive to the fact that they will come under increased scrutiny in the future. "The banking industry has been savaged by one reputational problem after another. First it was the GFC, then ...

Marketing beyond gimmickry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... Y, a US financial branding consultant group says the marketing world has already moved on. "After a decade of intense scrutiny, financial marketers are settling into the fact that Gen-Y isn't really all that different to other generations," wrote The ...

Commbank knew of potential Storm collapse: lawyers

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... out-of-court settlement if one is sought by ASIC. Levitt told Financial Standard that this would allow the banks to avoid scrutiny of their misconduct during the global financial crisis. He said the aims of the corporate regulator and those of his clients ...

Storm's victims counselled against settlement

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
... Investments Commission (ASIC) to accept an out of court settlement on the pretext that it would enable the banks to avoid scrutiny of their misconduct during the GFC. Levitt expects the value of the compensation claim against the banks associated with ...

Outsourcing helps UK trustees better manage funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... increase in demands on their time due to growing regulatory requirements, tougher investment markets and heightened public scrutiny. Delegating some of these roles is one way to more efficiently manage their fund when these pressures are building, they ...

ASIC eyes off UL property

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... investors need to take responsibility for informing themselves about the investment." Robertson welcomed the regulatory scrutiny as a chance to educate investors, and said "I don't think any financial services industry is afraid of additional disclosure." ...

UHNW households top global growth: BCG

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... wealth, with developed markets continuing to struggle and offshore wealth management subject to increased regulatory scrutiny, despite its increase, partly as a result of flight to safety. Alternative business models including external asset managers ...

Private equity tax treatment under scrutiny

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
The Australian Tax Office has responded to criticism that tax treatment of gains on private equity is impacting flow of development capital from institutional investors. The Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCAL) has raised ...

Advisers should focus on cost of advice

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
Financial advisers should place more scrutiny on the cost of providing advice per client as the industry moves toward fee for service, according to Provisio Technologies. Planning businesses may struggle to accurately pin down service costs per client ...

FPA launches consultation on financial planning education

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... individual professionals work through a different sense of community and obligation and as governments and regulatory scrutiny increases across the board." The consultation is open to all Higher Education providers and will run