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Prominent executive links with VFMC board

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
Victorian Funds Management Corporation is strengthening its board with the appointment of a prominent financial services executive. The Victorian public sector fund manager is welcoming Fiona Trafford-Walker to its board, in a move designed to deepen ...

Statements of Advice: Out with the old

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2018
Compliance requirements for financial advisers are on the rise and practices clinging to ancient technology will need to use their imagination and embrace change in order to keep up. Discussing the value of technology at a recent Advice Intelligence ...

Former NAB, AMP adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2018
A former NAB and AMP financial adviser is facing an ASIC ban after the regulator deemed him incompetent to provide advice. Graeme Ashley Cowper was recently served a ban from providing financial services for a period of four years after he was found ...

ASIC takes civil action against AMP

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
The corporate regulator has commenced Federal Court proceedings against AMP Financial Planning (AMPFP), alleging the division of the recently scrutinised mutual failed to ensure its authorised financial planners complied with the best interests duty ...

SSGA appoints APAC managing director

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
... and the head of Delta One, ETF and Cash Equity Trading. SSGA is the asset management arm of NYSE-listed State Street Corporation. Earlier this month, SSGA appointed a new head of retirement solutions for Australia. Jonathan Shead has worked in various ...

ASIC bans former adviser on IPO conduct

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
ASIC has banned a former Victorian financial adviser who deliberately used false information while applying for shares in at least three IPOs that listed between 2015 and 2017. Mark Damion Kawecki has been banned from providing financial services for ...

Allianz Retire+ announces leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
The inaugural chief executive of Allianz Retire+ Powered by PIMCO has been named, along with several senior managers and its board of directors. Former IRESS group executive, financial markets Matthew Rady has been appointed to lead the new business ...

New NAB product garners CEFC support

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2018
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation is making a cornerstone investment in a new responsible investment offering from NAB which targets fixed income investors. CEFC has invested $90 million in the new $200 million Low Carbon Shared Portfolio, which ...

ASIC drags Westpac to court

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2018
ASIC has initiated civil penalty proceedings against Westpac in relation to a Perth financial planner whose poor advice has already seen the bank foot a $12 million bill to remediate clients. Sudhir Sinha provided financial advice in the Perth area ...

Government opens consultation for amended CCIV regime

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
The Federal Government opened consultation to industry stakeholders for the first tranche of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle) Bill 2018. In August 2017, the Government called for initial consultation on the CCIV ...