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Former Integrity port manager loses court bid

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... information to his home, providing material support to a potential competitor who was applying for an Australian financial services license (AFSL) and possession of pornographic material on his work computer. Burns disagrees with the board's conclusion ...

Paragem secures new planning licensee

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
... Boutique financial advisory practice PWK Private Wealth Advisers has joined the Paragem Wholesale Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL), taking the dealer group's total assets under advice to $1.3 billion. Paragem now has 13 practices under its ...

Financial services honoured with Queen's favour

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
Members of the Australian financial services industry have received Queen's Birthday honours this year including advisers, super fund heads and regulatory figures. Michael Dwyer, chief executive of First State Super and Fund Executives Association Ltd ...

ASIC forces iPlan to hire compliance expert

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
ASIC has imposed new conditions on iPlan's Australian financial services (AFS) licence after it unearthed a conflict of interest relating to the use of investment platforms. Under the terms of its revised licence iPlan must appoint an independent compliance ...

ASIC moves to protect OTC retail investors

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... NTA held by issuers and a staged implementation process. "Currently, under the Corporations Act, Australian financial services licensees dealing in OTC derivatives are legally allowed to use client funds to hedge positions," said Andrew Merry, managing ...

Director to challenge ASIC ban

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
... Collection would appeal against the decision. She said while Protection & Collection had never held an Australian financial services license, they did not need one as they were only marketing products on behalf of Qsure Insurance Brokers who did have ...

Count morphs into super entity with new AFSL

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... other platforms," said Gale at a media briefing this morning. Count will apply for an additional Australian Financial Services License (AFSL) for product and service offerings and to be the RSE for superannuation offerings through APRA. "As a result ...

AFS rebuff takeover offers to go it alone

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
Dealer group Australian Financial Services Group (AFS) will remain independent after confirming that it will no longer hold takeover discussions. AFS has said ownership will remain with its advisers and will retain open architecture, practical compliance ...

Industry still lagging on green IT

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
The Australian financial services sector remains some way behind the US and UK for green IT and technology practices, despite progress in the last 18 months. A Fujitsu survey compared the maturity of green IT practices within banking, finance and insurance ...

ASX eyes merger alternatives

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... of New South Wales, said a takeover could prove disastrous not just for ASX shareholders but the Australian financial services market suggesting that the ASX would be better off merging with the Hong Kong Exchange. Andrew Hills, analyst at Wilson HTM ...