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Fraud reforms to cost much more than FSR

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2004
The cost to Australian businesses of reforms directed at money laundering is expected to be very large and take at least three years to implement, the 2004 Australian Fraud Summit heard yesterday. Speaking on money laundering and terrorist financing ...

Former managing director of FOGI to stand trial

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2004
The former managing director of a failed commodity trading company was today committed to stand trial on deception charges after allegedly misleading company investors. Robert Geoffrey Walker, the former head of Financial Options Group Incorporated ...

Optioneer trading system advertising to change: ASIC

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2004
Optioneer, an options trading system marketed by Freehold International, has agreed to change its advertising after concerns were raised by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). In its advertising Optioneer stated that chief executive ...

FPA projects $2 million deficit, plans to scrap education services

Preparation for the Financial Services Reform Act has been very costly for the Financial Planning Association (FPA), chairman Steve Helmich revealed yesterday. Releasing unaudited half-year results, the FPA projected a deficit of $2 million for the ...

New regime for financial services, but unresolved issues remain

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2004
... regulated under the same umbrella. After six years in the making and a two year transition period, the Financial Services Reform Act (FSR) will come into full affect. The FSR brings together all financial advisers under one licensing regime, under regulator ...

FPA says 97% of principal members FSR compliant

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has confirmed that 560 of its current 576 principal members - or 97% - have either obtained or have applications pending for an Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) and will be compliant come the Financial ...

APRA gains more powers to act against dishonest execs

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2004
Financial executives will face tough new monitoring by regulators following the latest series of reforms after the collapse of HIH insurance. Media reports today said the financial services industry would face tough new rules designed to expand the ...

Inflation and manufacturing slow: survey

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2004
The rise of the Australian dollar has produced a significant decline in manufacturing activity in February, an industry survey released yesterday showed. The Australian Industry Group/PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index ...

CPA Australia welcomes FSRA allowances

... accountants will be allowed to provide some advice to clients on self-managed superannuation under the Financial Services Reform Act (FSRA). Costello said last week that recognised accountants would be permitted to advise clients on whether to buy into ...

Backlash continues over free trade agreement

Thousands of manufacturing jobs could be at risk under the trade deal signed between Australia and the United States, the ACTU has warned. Sugar farmers have already expressed outrage at the free trade agreement, which largely protects the price of ...