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AMP appoints Lockery to head of corporate super

AMP Australian financial services has appointed Ken Lockery as head of corporate superannuation strategy in order to focus on enhancing AMP's offer to the large corporate superannuation market, it has announced. Previously, Lockery was head of corporate ...

Ireland sets new course for Mariner

Former Challenger managing director Bill Ireland has wasted no time in plotting a new course for Mariner Financial and Mariner Retirement Solutions by unveiling a link-up with Industry Fund Services (IFS) and investment bank Babcock and Brown that will ...

FLS branches out into general insurance

Financial planning dealer group Financial Lifestyle Solutions (FLS) has launched a general insurance broking business to attract existing brokers and multi agents feeling the administrative strain of compliance under the new Financial Services Regime ...

Court freezes assets of Queensland property group

The Supreme Court of Queensland has frozen certain assets of First Foundation Developments following an application by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Interim orders issued by the court freeze assets to the value of approximately ...

APRA licensing process "easier" than AFSL: Littrell

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has moved to allay fears among superannuation funds about the potential burdens of its trustee licensing process, declaring they will find it "easier" than the Australian Securities and Investments ...

Funds split over need to apply for an AFS licence

Superannuation funds are apparently split on the issue of applying for an Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL), according to a survey conducted by Towers Perrin of 17 of Australia's largest funds representing over $34 billion in assets and 450,000 ...

AMP announces demerger, $2.6 billion writedowns

AMP has announced a massive restructure that will see the company demerged along geographical lines and writedown $2.6 billion. "These changes address the outstanding issues facing the company and are in the best interests for shareholders, customers ...

ASIC launches upgrade of eLicensing system

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) today released version 3 of the eLicensing system and the Australian Financial Services (AFS) licensing kit for anyone wishing to apply for an Australian financial services license (AFSL) before ...

Financial services market to grow to $1.25 billion by 2012

The Australian financial services market will grow by 8.15 per cent per annum to $1.25 billion by June 30 2012, according to data research specialists Dexx&R. Dexx&R said the fastest growing sector was 'post retirement products' (including lifetime ...

ASIC releases revised AFS licence conditions

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) today released revised Australian Financial Services (AFS) licence conditions to reflect the updated Policy Statements (PS) 166 and 146, the documents that set out the minimum training standards ...