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ASIC issues warning to influencers promoting high-risk financial products
ASIC issues warning to influencers promoting high-risk financial products
The influencers are providing unauthorised financial product advice, ASIC said.
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NAB record 16% new homebuyers after home lending rate cut
They expect to see more home buyers re-enter the market.
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ASIC cancels licence of Financial Services Group Australia
It also permanently banned its responsible manager, Graham Holmes.
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CBA received approximately $940m, and CET1 ratio was raised by 17 basis points.
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Driving customers to in-house channels could boost profitability.
Citi ANZ names John McLean as head of ECM and GAM
McLean will relocate from Singapore to Sydney, Australia.
ANZ names Stephen White as group executive operations
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Increasing use of QR and NFCC payments are supporting this growth.
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ASIC is concerned that reps may have misrepresented the advice they are giving.
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BofA expands Nicole Waaka’s role as head of GPS Australia Corporate Sales
Waaka will be part of the GPS Asia Pacific Senior Leadership Team.
Citi Services launches PayTo initiator for institutional clients
The bank’s clients can initiate account-to-account payments from the service.
Australia cancels licence of Queensland’s Thistle Financial Group
It has reportedly ceased to carry on a financial services business.
Australia sues Macquarie Securities for alleged misreported short sales
This is the fourth regulatory action ASIC had taken against Macquarie in the past year.
Macquarie Group to handle earnings drop following business sales to Nomura
Businesses in other markets should offset a drop in earnings in some businesses.
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