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Societe Generale fined over client breaches

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
... breach cost the company $25,000. ASIC commissioner Cathie Armour said protecting client funds is critical to investor confidence and market integrity. "The law is very clear about the uses of client money to provide certainty and transparency for clients ...

Fiscal policy spurs investor confidence: Citi

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
... rates in the first half of 2021. Citi Australia's head of investor sales Mark Woodruff said: "It is clear that investor confidence is underpinned by the continued supply of fiscal stimulus and the expectation of further monetary stimulus in both Australia ...

Pershing convicted for client breaches

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... outcome demonstrates how serious client money breaches are. "Client money obligations protect investors, bolster investor confidence and underpin the integrity of Australian financial markets. If licensees don't take them seriously, they risk criminal ...

How wealth management must respond to COVID-19

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... force wealth management firms to change how they operate. "In the immediate term, the priority is to sustain investor confidence and protect business through continued engagement and communication with the customers," the report said. "Over the short- ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 eating into jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... one. With both fiscal and monetary policy working towards a common a goal -- restoring consumer, business and investor confidence - perhaps, this time, the optimism will last. Perhaps... perhaps... perhaps. They better work given the deterioration in ...

Investment manager criminally charged

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... belonging to licensees," ASIC said. "Breaching client money provisions is serious misconduct and risks undermining investor confidence." The maximum penalty for each of the charges is around $45,000. SGSA provided financial services in equity derivative ...

Chief economist update: The C word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... expected concerted action by the G-7 will certainly go a long, long way towards restoring consumer, business and investor confidence, as they have during the global financial crisis and "Great Recession" of a decade past. The sharp rebound in equity ...

No room for policy mistakes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2019
... This coincided with the World Bank's warning that: "If the trade conflict worsens and causes a slump in investor confidence, the effects on global growth and poverty could be significant - more than 30 million people could be pushed into poverty ...

Chief economist update: Synchronised forecasts for a synchronised slowdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2019
... "This coincides with the World Bank's warning that, "If the trade conflict worsens and causes a slump in investor confidence, the effects on global growth and poverty could be significant - more than 30 million people could be pushed into poverty ...

No-deal Brexit prolongs market uncertainty

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
... global equity strategist at 4D Infrastructure, said the level of uncertainty can only be bad for consumer and investor confidence for the UK generally - which is detrimental for the economy. It leaves Britain in an uncertain position with the next steps ...