Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 751 - 760 of 905 results for "Australian Financial Service"

ASIC to sue Westpoint

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is to take legal action against Westpoint, and planner groups that recommended Westpoint products, on behalf of investors who lost a combined $320 million when the property group collapsed ...

AFS tailors record profits

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
Australian Financial Services Group (AFS) has announced they will end the year breaking all previous records. The results, as measured by the group's key performance indicators (KPIs), saw a 103 per cent increase in income, 49 per cent rise in profitability ...

AFS kicks off new education program

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2007
Australian Financial Services Group (AFS) will conduct its first business school program this month, with the initial two-day program kicking off in Melbourne on October 25. AFS chief executive Peter Daly said the school will explore and challenge current ...

India-Australia wealth management forum set for take-off

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2007
India's burgeoning economy is a big opportunity for Australian wealth managers but we are being outflanked by US and UK managers who are getting in ahead of us, said Stephen Manallack, manager of the India-Australia Financial Forum. "India's rapidly ...

AMP chief executive steps down

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2007
AMP chief executive officer Andrew Mohl has resigned after five years at the helm of one of the largest financial services group in the country. Speaking at AMP's 2007 interim results press conference, Mohl said he would leave towards the end of the ...

Four pillars policy no longer relevant

Westpac chief executive David Morgan has lambasted the government's 'four pillars policy', suggesting it would only make the country's four largest banks, Commonwealth Bank, ANZ, NAB and Westpac more vulnerable to foreign ownership. Speaking at the ...

ASIC revises regulations for AFS license holders

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2007
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released two policy updates revising the regulations around the calculation of surplus liquid funds and adjustments for underwriters dealing with statutory exposure periods. The updates ...

IFSA toughens up conflicts and ethics standards

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2007
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has released a revised code of ethics and conduct, with a strong focus on conflict of interest, transparency and training of staff. Conflict of interest guidelines in particular are spelled out ...

Govt proposes shorter PDS

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2007
The Federal Government has released draft regulations from the Corporations and Financial Services Regulation Review showcasing a simplified corporate and financial services regulatory system, potentially resulting in abbreviated product disclosure ...

Pengana to ride the UK REIT wave

Fund manager Pengana Capital has timed the expansion of its London base to coincide with the opening of the real estate investment trust (REIT) market in the UK and the rest of Western Europe. Pengana's UK based director, Stuart Stuckey, hired two European ...