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Adviser faced with further dishonesty charges

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... addition to previous charges for stealing super. Rahul Goel was first charged with four counts of dishonest conduct in October 2020 after an investigation by ASIC which alleged he submitted applications to AustralianSuper for the early release of members' ...

Former Australian Unity adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021
... of last year. Prior to Australian Unity, Chan was an authorised representative of Grant Thornton Wealth Advisory from October 2008 to July 2016. In reaching its decision, ASIC said Chan prioritised his company receiving commissions over the interests ...

ASIC appoints new chair, deputy chair

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021
... Tribunal Act 1973. This means Shipton's pay may have overshot the cap by $79,454. Shipton went on a leave of absence in October 2020 until the findings of a review into his salary were announced in January 2021, when he announced he would depart ...

Westpac earnings take hit

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2021
... increasing the threshold before a project is capitalised from $1 million to $20 million. "This policy has been applied from 1 October 2020 and will see the group expense a higher portion of its investment spending from first half 2021," Westpac said ...

MSCI launches life sciences indices

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
... latest addition to MSCI's growing portfolio of thematic indices. It launched the MSCI Climate Paris Aligned Index Suite in October 2020, eight new indices that capture climate data from its Climate Value-at-Risk (Climate VaR) tool, scope 3 emissions ...

ASIC opens breach reporting consultation

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
... and clarifies the types of situations that must be reported to ASIC. The reforms, which are expected to commence on 1 October 2021, will impact AFS licensees and are to also be extended to credit licensees. ASIC will require licensees to lodge breach ...

Former adviser pleads guilty over million-dollar super theft

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
... for a total of $1.4 million from Nulis Nominees Australia, the trustee of the MLC Super Fund between November 2016 and October 2017. ASIC also alleges between August 2017 and October 2017, Saad attempted to obtain a further $92,400 on behalf of 10 of ...

Adviser-led TPD claim admittance rates fall

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
... be attributed to lower premiums collected in 2020 after legislation turned off insurance on lower-balance accounts from October, and the early release of superannuation, which whittled away at many superannuation accounts.

Government debt blows out 420%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
... out that the current debt level excludes state, corporate and household debt. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg revealed in the October 2020 Budget a record deficit of more than $213.7 billion. While Australia's economy grew 257% since 1995 off the back ...

Chief economist update: Bubble, bubble getting out of trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2021
... starting 19 April 2021. As an aside, our Kiwi brethren have been allowed into our domicile without quarantining since October 2020 - a testament to New Zealand's early win against the coronavirus and Australians' understanding and acceptance ...