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Australia pushes ahead with plans for degree qualified advisers

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Australia pushes ahead with plans for degree qualified advisers

  Australia pushes ahead with plans for degree qualified advisers   Australia proceeds with plans for degree qualified advisers with the Australian government reaffirming plans to set up an industry body aimed at lifting the professional standards of financial advisers, confirming that all new advisers must have a university degree. Speaking in her new role …

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AFR

Australians buy sterling to buy cheap UK property post Brexit

  Australians buy sterling to buy cheap UK property post Brexit   Australian investors are parking funds in the UK to snap up cheap property deals, speculating Brexit will enable them to buy cheap UK property post Brexit Just hours before and after Brexit and as the sterling plunged, some Australian investors transferred money into the …

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International Investment

Aussie regulator takes first-ever ‘best interests’ action

  Aussie regulator takes first-ever ‘best interests’ action   Aussie regulator takes first-ever ‘best interests’ action – The Australian Securities & Investments Commission said it has launched its first-ever action against an advisory business for breaching the so-called “best interests duty” rule, introduced in 2013 under the country’s controversial Future of Financial Advice reforms. The company …

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IFA

Finalists revealed for ifa Excellence Awards 2016

  Finalists revealed for ifa Excellence Awards 2016   Finalists revealed for ifa Excellence Awards 2016 – Some of Australia’s best non-aligned financial advice practitioners and businesses have been recognised as finalists in the prestigious 2016 ifa Excellence Awards. Sterling Publishing head of wealth Russell Stephenson, in conjunction with principal partner Colonial First State, has today …

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International Investment

Critical illness cover: Advisers campaign in support of the forgotten insurance

  Critical illness cover: Advisers campaign in support of the forgotten insurance   “Our most valuable asset is ourselves, and yet we’re so woefully poor about getting ourselves [properly] protected,” says Tim Searle, chairman of the Dubai-based wealth management firm Globaleye. Searle is addressing one of the topics he feels most passionate about, as a …

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IFA

Atlas expands to Singapore, appoints adviser

  Atlas expands to Singapore, appoints adviser   Atlas expands to Singapore, appoints adviser – Advice practice Atlas Wealth Management has appointed Jarrad Brown as its Singapore-based specialist financial planner as part of plans to expand within the state. Mr Brown has been based in Singapore since mid-2013 and, along with being a financial planner, has …

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International Investment

Australia’s Atlas Wealth to establish Singapore outpost

  Australia’s Atlas Wealth to establish Singapore outpost   Australia’s Atlas Wealth to establish Singapore outpost – Atlas Wealth Management, a Queensland, Australia-based advisory business which specialises in looking after Aussie expats long-distance, is formally expanding into Singapore, with the hiring of Jarrad Brown to look after clients there as a specialist financial planner. Brown, who …

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