Bell Potter faces AUSTRAC probe over anti-money laundering compliance

Bell Potter faces AUSTRAC probe over anti-money laundering compliance

The financial crimes watchdog has ordered external auditors to look into concerns the stockbroker may not be complying with anti-money laundering laws.

  • byCharlotte Grieve

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Bell Potter warns retail investors will pay the price for ‘heavy-handed’ stockbroking test
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Jane Hume

Bell Potter warns retail investors will pay the price for ‘heavy-handed’ stockbroking test

Investment house Bell Potter has attacked a new compliance test,claiming it is biased against stockbrokers and will push up costs for retail investors.

  • byCharlotte Grieve
Minister defends controversial ethics test for stockbrokers

Minister defends controversial ethics test for stockbrokers

Minister for Financial Services Jane Hume has said the exam is designed to test competency,not expand skillsets.

  • byCharlotte Grieve
‘Failure rate is going through the roof’:Stockbrokers rail against mandatory compliance test
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‘Failure rate is going through the roof’:Stockbrokers rail against mandatory compliance test

Some of the nation’s most prominent stockbroking firms are railing against a mandatory test they said is misguided and discriminates against experienced professionals.

  • byCharlotte Grieve
Longstanding AMP investor decries ‘pretty woeful’ performance after selling out

Longstanding AMP investor decries ‘pretty woeful’ performance after selling out

AMP’s share price is more than 158 per cent lower than when it was first listed on the ASX in 1999. Argo Investments has had enough.

  • byCharlotte Grieve
Everyone wants Tom Jones flu
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Everyone wants Tom Jones flu

Jorge of Burgos is still more terrifying than a virus.

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'Hard to bet against':The young Aussie investors defying the Tesla short sellers

'Hard to bet against':The young Aussie investors defying the Tesla short sellers

Young Australian investors are ignoring warnings about excessive valuations to back high-flying US tech stocks such as Elon Musk's electric automaker Tesla.

  • byMatt Bungard
Beware of the dangers of running with the herd

Beware of the dangers of running with the herd

Companies trading at valuation multiples as high as 100 times earnings,or 20 times sales revenue because there are no earnings,is unsustainable

  • byCatherine Robson
Standout performers from reporting season

Standout performers from reporting season

Here are four standout companies that are enjoying strong earnings growth due to their expanding global businesses.

  • byMichael Kodari