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Finance broker pleads guilty to car scam identity theft

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
A former finance broker has admitted to stealing the identities of former clients so she could buy two cars, sell them to acquaintances and keep the cash from the sale. Riyanka Puteri Shiraz, of Canterbury, New South Wales, appeared before Sydney's ...

Industry receives FoFA bill with mixed feelings

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... and its chief executive Andrea Slattery said that "the existing legislation had the potential to be too broad in its application, to create uncertainty and to cause a high compliance burden for financial advisers." "SPAA does not agree with the criticism ...

Government limits general advice exemption in FoFA amendments

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... Mark Rantall said. The bill also introduced the removal of the opt-in requirement, the removal of the retrospective application of fee disclosure statements and the removal of the "catch all" definition of the advisers' best interest duty under section ...

XPLAN named top planning application

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
XPLANA has been named the top rated Australian planning application for 2013 in the latest A Investment Trends Planning and Advice Applications Report. According to the report, XPLAN has achieved the highest benchmark score for any financial planning ...

BT arms planners with tablets to improve advice

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... installing to improve advice. "Our dedicated adviser website, our moves to paperless offices, and the release of a new application giving up-to-date technical information puts clients at the centre of everything we do," Hall said. Microsoft has produced ...

Westpac exec gets ASIC ban after preying on elderly's finances

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
ASIC has permanently banned David St Pierre, a former Westpac bank home finance manager from engaging in credit activities and providing financial services after encouraging vulnerable clients to borrow against their homes for investments. St Pierre ...

Australian Ethical hires new Head of Ethics

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... the team. Australian Ethical is the leader in ethical investment in Australia. Stuart's expertise in the practical application of ethical thinking combined with extensive legal, commercial and markets experience will only strengthen that reputation. ...

Financial Adviser convicted of 'tombstoning': ASIC

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has convicted Pavan Vyas for dishonest conduct after pleading guilty to 'tombstoning'. In August 2013, Vyas pleaded guilty to two charges of dishonest conduct after 'tombstoning', which involves ...

Removal of super from awards top priority: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... paper, the FSC put the absence of retail funds down to a number of factors, including the expensive and time consuming application process and what it regards as a systemic bias towards industry funds. One significant complaint is that, in the second ...

General advice exemption "irrelevant" to advisers: AFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... is "unsure as to how this exemption will be used in practice" and asked government to provide more clarity on its application. The association argued that self-employed advisers have a range of products to choose from and that "it is not possible to ...