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ASIC to ease hardline stance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021
The federal government is expecting ASIC to tone down its regulatory powers even though the Hayne Royal Commission exposed its ineffectiveness at enforcing corporate law. Federal treasurer Josh Frydenberg overnight released a new set of expectations ...

IMAP names award winners

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021
The Institute of Managed Account Professionals (IMAP) announced the winners of its annual awards. Proton by Nucleus Wealth took out the award for Innovation which acknowledges the operation and process of managed accounts, adoption by advisers and licensees ...

NAB fined $18.5m over misleading fee disclosure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021
The big four bank has been ordered by the Federal Court to pay $18.5 million for misleading fee disclosure statements in relation to personal financial advice, in what is the first penalty imposed by the court for such failures. The court found NAB ...

Dealer group awards mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
A dealer group has moved a large global equities mandate to a boutique fund manager. Easton Wealth licensee GPS has the global equities mandate for its CARE portfolios to Insync Funds Management. Insync also said it recently secured support from one ...

ClearView offloads advice unit

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
ClearView is divesting its financial advice business for $15.2 million to another ASX-listed firm. Centrepoint Alliance will acquire ClearView subsidiaries ClearView Financial Advice (CFA), Matrix Planning Solutions and LaVista Licensee Solutions. The ...

Adviser support services a boon for Sequoia

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2021
Sequoia Financial Group continues to benefit from the highly competitive sector of financial adviser support services, which doubled its revenues in the last two years. Sequoia's wealth division, which provides licensee services to over 400 authorised ...

VGI Partners posts $43m in June half profits

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2021
... cloud-based systems across the firm and making cyber security enhancements. Earlier this year, VGI's global investment LIC was targeted by investors David Kingston and Malcolm McComas, who questioned its discount and fee structure. VGI Partners listed ...

Consultum chief joins new firm

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2021
The former chief executive of IOOF-aligned Consultum Financial Advisers has found a new role. Joe Botte joined boutique dealer group ASVW Financial Services (ASVWFS) as executive director. "Joe is a very committed and effective executive with an extensive ...

Westpac cops $10.5m fine

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2021
ASIC has ordered Westpac to pay a $10.5 million fine after the High Court's decision that found two Westpac subsidiaries provided unlicensed personal financial advice. Westpac Securities and BT Funds Management were found to have breached their ...

Walsh Capital signs four fund managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
Former Future Generation chief executive Louise Walsh, who started her own fund marketing business last month, has signed four new clients. Walsh Capital will raise funds and manage investor engagement for five new funds: Contact Asset Management's ...