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09 April 2014 • By • 1 min read

Regulation stifling product diversity: Finsia

Regulation is restricting the diversity of retirement income products available on the market, according to the Financial Services Institute of ...

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ASIC reiterates advice concerns

ASIC has reiterated its concerns about the quality of advice and renewed calls for a register of financial advisers in its submission to the Financial ...

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Global law firm slams ASIC regulatory approach

International commercial law firm K&L Gates has described the regulation of financial services in Australia as "excessively complex", singling out ...

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Taxation impedes Johnson Report objectives: Macquarie

Australian tax laws are inhibiting the export of financial services and the nation’s development as an “international financial centre”, according to ...

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Perpetual offloads Guardian Trust

Perpetual has sold financial services company New Zealand Guardian Trust to Complectus for $63.3 million. The move follows Perpetual's acquisition ...

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Red tape curbing growth: QBE

Overlapping, duplicative and inconsistent regulation creates inefficiencies and inequities and adds considerably to the cost of doing business in ...

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FSU lobbies for ‘four pillar’ retention

The Finance Sector Union of Australia believes the Australian Government should continue to retain its ‘four pillar policy’ which currently bans any ...

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AMP Capital makes offshore investor play

AMP Capital has launched an Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS) platform, enabling an easier distribution of its ...

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Industry ‘ignoring’ FOFA amendments

Financial services firms have been scrambling to wind back their remuneration policies since the FOFA amendments were put on hold on March 24, ...

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Close regulatory ‘gaps’, says Treasury

The Financial System Inquiry must address the “overlaps” or “gaps” between the roles of ASIC and APRA, Treasury has said. In its submission to the ...

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