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Government increases market manipulation penalties

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
... he said. "Furthermore, they will align our regulatory regime with international best practice, including regimes in the United Kingdom, the European Union, Japan, Singapore and Canada."

Placer Property launches new fund

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... Company, Wellcom Worldwide, Costa, Nine Entertainment Co and Vicinity Centres. She was previously a director at Australian United Retailers, Melbourne International Arts Festival and Monash Digital. Walsh said the new appointments will supplement the ...

Queensland advice practice goes international

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
A Queensland-based financial advice business is expanding its operations to the United Arab Emirates. Atlas Wealth Management, a provider of long-distance specialty advice to Australian expats, has established a new outpost in Abu Dhabi. Appointing ...

Netwealth offloads advice subsidiary

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... the six months to December; $64.8 million of which was proceeds from selling corporate health insurance subsidiary, Grand United Corporate Health to nib. According to group managing director Rohan Mead, the company's "substantial company-wide transformation ...

Advice clients demand philanthropic conversations

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
... months to December; $64.8 million of which was proceeds from divesting its corporate health insurance subsidiary, Grand United Corporate Health to nib. Excluding this impact, profit after tax stood at $8.5 million. The wealth business contributed revenue ...

Legg Mason affiliate divests tobacco, cluster bombs

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
... controversial areas," Sowerby added. Sowerby also noted that eight of Legg Masons' nine affiliates are signatories to the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investing. The new ESG commitment follows Legg Mason entering into a long-term strategic ...

Australia increases foreign direct investment inflows

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
Australia was one of few countries to see foreign direct investment inflows increase in 2017, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. The UNCTAD Global Investment Trends Monitor shows international flows of foreign direct ...

Chief economist update: One hike this year, one hike next year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... early days and just a single monthly data point, the latest consumer price data provide indication that inflation in the United Kingdom might be starting to come down. UK overall inflation eased to an annual rate of 3.0% in the year to December from ...

Australia overdue for company tax cut: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
More than half of the respondents in Financial Standard's weekly spot poll said Australia should follow the United States' lead and drop the corporate tax rates to as low as 21%. The US reduced its corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% effective 1 January ...

New ETF to combat gender inequity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
... broad gender equality criteria, sustainability and donation make this ETF a leap-step forward in connecting capital to the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 5 - achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls," she said. Research ...