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AAT affirms SMSF adviser ban

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... another former authorised representative of Ballast, Marion Joan Pearson, was permanently banned from providing financial advice after she was found to have falsified documents to hide the fact client money was being paid into her own business' bank ...

CountPlus adds former MLC practice

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
CountPlus has added new financial advice firm to the fold that was part of MLC's Godfrey Pembroke for 19 years. Ascent Private Wealth joined CountPlus as a member firm, leaving the MLC dealer group shortly after it was acquired by IOOF. Melbourne-based ...

Dealer group chief departs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... licensee or IOOF. Stephen had spent more than 10 years with Lonsdale after a lengthy career in the Australian financial advice industry which included 12 years at AMP, two years at Australian Unity and six years as head of practice development and Bridges ...

CountPlus divests member firm

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
... Arch Capital's accounting revenues. In addition, CountPlus expanded its member network with Sydney-based financial advice firm Small & Gunn joining its licence. The expansion follows a growth strategy which has seen 50 advisers added to its network ...

Financial services complaints rise

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... last year. General insurance was behind that accounting for 24% of complaints, then superannuation at 9% and financial advice at 6%. Credit cards were the most complained about product (with 11,628 complaints), followed by home loans (7608), personal ...

Three advisers banned for non-financial crimes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
... drive poor culture in the financial services industry. First of the three, Mark Horsey was the sole director of a financial advice firm during which time he secretly filmed a female tenant in a property he owned while she was showering. Horsey was convicted ...

Ord Minnett acquires E.L. & C. Baillieu

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
... Australian wealth brand. "The scale benefits and self-clearing of the two businesses will allow us to be leaders in financial advice. This new amalgamation can only serve to benefit Australian investors and our clients for many more generations to come. ...

FASEA urged to clarify in-house product conflicts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
... much to be desired. IMAP's main issue is with Standard 3, which seeks to eliminate conflicts of interest from financial advice. In the latest guidance, FASEA clarified that where advice is in the best interests of the client, safe harbour has been followed ...

Iress delivers on advice, super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
Iress has delivered a strong revenue performance in the third quarter in Australia driven by financial advice and super which was up 12%, and secured several new mandates in the process. Iress said the Q3 result is consistent with the prior corresponding ...

More good news for Xplore

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
... its shareholders approve the acquisition. Xplore's chief executive Michael Wright, formerly general manager of financial advice at BT, has been pushing ahead with a plan to bring together Xplore's four businesses - the platform, responsible superannuation ...