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ART names advice and education leads

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2024
... services, specialising in superannuation, financial advice and insurance. Cordero joined QSuper as head of employer and business development in February 2019. Previously, he worked in senior growth, relationship, and business development roles at Rest ...

ASIC cancels AFSL of JB Markets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024
... financial requirements upon AFS licensees to help ensure that they have sufficient financial resources to conduct their business in compliance with financial services laws," ASIC said. "The requirements provide important consumer protections in seeking ...

Government introduces company merger overhaul

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
... changes are significant and will reinforce public confidence in Australia's competition laws," Cass-Gottlieb said. The Business Council of Australia (BCA) praised the proposed reforms to company mergers as it strikes a balance between economic and regulatory ...

Foreign investors optimistic about Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
Foreign investors are feeling particularly optimistic about Australia, according to Kearney's Global Business Policy Council's 2024 Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index (FDICI). The survey, which reflects investor sentiment regarding foreign direct ...

Powell confirms rate cuts likely 'at some point' this year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024
... Commonwealth Bank associate economist Harry Ottley said. "Fed chair Jerome Powell said policy makers need to 'have greater confidence that inflation is moving sustainably down' toward the 2% target." Powell's comments came after data showed US services ...

Count brings advice firm to network

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2024
... Advisers-licensed advice practice based in South Australia has joined the Count network. Murray Nankivell, also an accounting and business consulting provider, is the latest to join the ASX-listed firm, leaving behind Insignia-owned Consultum. Murray ...

Markets, economies benefit from eustress: ABDO

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... turbulence over the last four years, it is no surprise that consumer sentiment has plummeted to new lows. Consumer confidence, particularly data from retail sales, is still in negative territory and sits at a low not seen since the 1990s recession, Paton ...

Inaugural CSLR levy slugs advisers $18.5m

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
... confidence in the financial services sector and in particular, financial advice. However, if advisers are driven out of business by rising costs, through being made to pay for the poor behaviour of those who left this sector years ago, there won't ...

InvestSMART launches investing platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... Clitheroe said. Meanwhile, Rask Group founder and chief investment officer Owen Rask said: "The natural progression for the business was to create investment portfolios that are professional, transparent, offer competitive fees and designed to help Australians ...

AustralianSuper to deploy £8 billion in the UK

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024
... May 2023, includes comprehensive provisions on investment, which has made the UK an even more attractive place to do business." AustralianSuper, which has over $315 billion of assets under management, expects £7 of every new £10 invested to be deployed ...
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