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ASIC calls out accountants

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2019
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission said it does not believe accountants provide "more compliant or better financial advice" than financial advisers. In its submission to the Review of the Tax Practitioners Board released by Treasury ...

Boutique hires CBA's credit strategy lead

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2019
A Melbourne boutique has hired Commonwealth Bank's highly-regarded head of credit strategy, as it launches two new funds. Scott Rundell is joining Mutual Limited as its head of research and strategy in a newly-created role. Mutual Limited was started ...

Chief economist update: Fed pause could be a short one

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
Here we go again, the never-ending Sino-Yankee trade deal or no deal saga. This from Bloomberg: "Chinese officials are casting doubts about reaching a comprehensive long-term trade deal with the U.S. even as the two sides get close to signing a "phase ...

ASIC wins appeal against Westpac companies

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2019
In a fresh blow to Westpac, the Federal Court this morning delivered the corporate regulator a win in its appeal against a previous ruling on Westpac's telephone campaigns. The full court this morning said ASIC's appeal will be allowed with ...

ASIC imposes AFSL conditions on IOOF

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2019
The corporate regulator has imposed additional licence conditions on IOOF Investment Services to improve conflicts management. According to ASIC, IOOF Investments Services Limited (IISL) sought a variation of its licence in order to transfer a managed ...

Berkshire to chase growth for InvestSMART

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
The ASX-listed financial services business has hired Berkshire Global Advisors to look for growth options as its revenue from grandfathered commissions starts to dry up. Commissions on funds and insurance products accounted for more than 56% of InvestSMART's ...

Senior lawyer drags AMP to court

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
A former AMP lawyer is claiming over $2 million from the company for unfair dismissal after she raised concerns about fee-for-no-services practices with its former top executives. Larissa Baker Cook was involved in AMP's legal preparation for the ...

Disgruntled chief executive wins $2.7million

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2019
GBST Holdings is facing a roughly $2.7 million bill after a former chief executive won a wrongful dismissal court claim against the financial services software company. Stephen Lake was GBST's chief executive and managing director from 2001 to 2015 ...

SMSF scheme sees creator jailed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2019
A 51-year-old was found to have unlawfully created, operated and benefitted from a fraudulent self-managed superannuation fund. Kent Nguyen was sentence to three years in prison after pleading guilty to orchestrating an illegal early release of a superannuation ...

Whistleblower calls out approved product lies

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2019
A new paper on the consumer impact of Approved Product Lists (APLs) claims institutionally-aligned Australian Financial Services Licensees (AFSLs) are funneling new clients into in-house products, potentially in breach of Best Interest Duty obligations. ...