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Practice valuations avoid COVID-19 hit

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... In Launceston and Hobart quite a few businesses down there have come to us to sell," he said. Birt said Melbourne and Adelaide are both quiet at the moment, though Sydney continues to provide plenty of opportunities. Birt said that "for a change", the ...

ASIC secures $160m in remediation over junk credit insurance

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... between 2011 and 2018. These include offerings from ANZ, Australian Central Credit Union, Bank of Queensland, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, Citigroup, Commonwealth Bank, Credit Union Australia, Latitude Finance Australia, NAB, Suncorp-Metway and Westpac. ...

Adviser guilty of misuse of client money

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions. The news comes days after the regulator banned three other financial advisers from Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney. Adelaide-based Christopher Harris was banned from providing financial services for 10 years ...

South Australian wealth firms merge

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
An Adelaide wealth advisory and accounting practice has acquired a private wealth firm that was named the Financial Planning Association of Australia's Professional Practice of the Year in 2018. Perks is expanding its Perks Private Wealth business after ...

ASIC bans RC case study adviser

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... cited as a case study during the Royal Commission is set to appeal a 10-year ban handed down by ASIC. ASIC has banned Adelaide-based adviser Christopher Norman Harris from providing financial services for 10 years, after the regulator found his advice ...

Trust in big four improves

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... included in the index for the first time and performed surprisingly well. Up Bank, a collaboration between Bendigo and Adelaide Banks and software company Ferocia ranked seventh in the Index, while 86 400 ranked 21 st and Xinja ranked 27 th. "COVID-19's ...

Property takes $237m hit

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... have dropped 79% (-$454 million), while sales in Melbourne have dropped 85% (-$584 million) in the past eight weeks. Adelaide also suffered heavy blows, with sales down 83% compared to the same period last year, while Brisbane is the only market to show ...

Former financial adviser permanently banned

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... financial services or credit businesses in Australia. ASIC has used its newly sharpened teeth to permanently ban former Adelaide financial adviser James Gibbs from having any involvement in financial services and credit businesses. Gibbs is the first ...

AMP director retires

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
... trusted brands in Australia. It topped Commonwealth Bank, NAB, ANZ and Westpac, which all made the top 10. Bendigo and Adelaide Bank was the only financial services firm to make the top 10 most trusted brands list. Roy Morgan chief executive Michele ...

Major industry events cancelled amid pandemic

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... CMSF after the World Health Organisation declared a pandemic. The conference was scheduled to run over three days in Adelaide from 18 March 2020 to 20 March 2020. "The health of our delegates, staff and industry partners is our priority and we believe ...