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ASIC cancels Perth stockbroker's licence

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
Perth securities dealer Stellar Securities Pty Ltd has lost its Australian financial services licence (AFSL) over compliance issues. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) found Stellar Securities had failed to comply with conditions ...

Finance to fill export gap as mining boom sags

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
Financial services can replace mining as Australia's next major export industry, particularly in Asia, according to the Financial Services Council (FSC) DST CEO Survey. Fifty-five chief executives - all FSC members - participated in the survey, which ...

COIN mulls Revex acquisition

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
Technology provider Rubik Financial has entered into a non-binding term sheet with Revex Solutions that contains an option for COIN to acquire Revex and a four year exclusive reseller agreement with Revex. Both parties have agreed to negotiate on an ...

Count goes "social" in hunt for accountancy business

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
Count Financial (Count) is using social media platforms as part of its strategy to attract accountancy firms to work under its Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL). Count chief executive David Lane told Financial Standard that it is using Twitter ...

ASIC slaps permanent ban on insurance claim manager

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
ASIC has permanently banned a Victorian insurance claims manager from providing financial services after an investigation found he fraudulently pocketed more than $1 million. Travers David Loy, of Heathmont in Victoria, was the national claims manager ...

ASIC winds up insolvent derivatives issuer

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has obtained orders in the Federal Court to wind up Sydney-based derivatives issuer Apex Derivatives. Apex promoted trading in forex and contracts for difference (CFD) derivatives via its website. ...

Macquarie Group tops global alternative investment table

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
Australian financial services firm Macquarie Group is the world's largest investor in alternative assets with almost $95 billion invested in infrastructure, according to research by Towers Watson and the Financial Times. Total assets managed by the ...

Lifewise joins independent dealer group

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
Queensland-based Lifewise Wealth Protection has joint non-aligned dealer group Synchron. Lifewise has 2,000 clients and its owner and managing director Chris Kelaart made the decision to join Synchron when he realised that "despite Lifewise now having ...

Platforms surpass pre-GFC levels

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
The platform market has broken funds under advice (FUA) records in the March quarter, after plunging during the global financial crisis (GFC). An uptick in investor confidence and an increase in adviser productivity could be behind the growth of the ...

Gonski urges Australia to look long-term

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
The Australian financial services industry is too focused on short-term results and must find ways to focus on and promote long-term success for investors, according to David Gonski. The chair of the Future Fund board of guardians said the investment ...