John Bassilios John Bassilios is senior associate at Hall & Wilcox Lawyers who has extensive experience in advising industry participants on all aspects of financial services law. His experience includes advising financial planners on structuring, AFSL licensing, compliance, business sales and acquisitions. Bassilios' clients include retail and wholesale fund managers, investment advisers, stock brokers, IDPS operators and managed discretionary account providers and managed investments schemes operators.
JOHN BASSILIOS | SUNDAY, 10 MAY 2009 With Australia showing a resilient economy through the global financial crises and looking like having a booming financial services industry, it's no surprise that overseas companies want a share of the Australian market. John Bassilios explores ... Read more JOHN BASSILIOS , HARRY NEW | MONDAY, 1 JAN 2007 A new regulation has been recently introduced in relation to AFSL holders' compensation requirements under section 912B of the Corporations Act while ASIC has released a consultation paper on how it intends to administer the compensation requirements ... Read more PAGE: 1 |
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