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Former Beacon adviser banned

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
... in not of good fame of character. It also covers the instance or likelihood of a person contravening a financial services law by themselves or with another person. ASIC's May 10 banning order did not specify the specific sub section of 920A(1) under ...

ASIC bans AFSL chief executives

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2019
... of financial services were not competent to provide a financial service, and were likely to contravene financial services law. The two men have a right to appeal ASIC's decision to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. The bans come after ASIC took action ...

ASIC appoints receiver for derivatives issuer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
... of six years in November last year. It said at the time that D'Amore was involved in contraventions to financial services law; is not adequately trained or is not competent to provide financial services; and is likely to contravene a financial services ...

Former NAB adviser charged

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2019
... that business. The regulator determined Eung was not of good character and was likely to continue to break financial services law. At the time, NAB welcomed ASIC's decision, saying Eung did not live the group's values and did the wrong thing by its customers. ...

ASIC bans Gold Coast adviser

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2019
... options trades on behalf of a number of clients between April 2015 and April 2016 which did not comply with financial services law. The delegate said Peters conducted options trading on behalf of his clients on a discretionary basis without their authorisation ...

Superannuation, insurance expert joins EY

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
... insurance specialist has joined Ernst & Young as a partner. Lisa-Marie McKechnie was appointed partner of the financial services law division after spending nine years at law firm Mills Oakley, where some of clients included Hostplus, QSuper and First ...

Morgans Financial licence conditions lifted

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
A full-service stockbroking and wealth management firm with over 60,000 active clients has had additional licence conditions lifted. Morgans Financial had the conditions imposed in November 2016. ASIC has now removed the conditions as at March 19. The ...

Former ASFA chair sees new EQT role

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... outstanding credentials for this appointment, as a lawyer who practices in superannuation, investments and financial services law, with specific experience in the unique area of superannuation trusteeship and more than 25 years' experience at executive ...

ASIC appeals Westpac Federal Court decision

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2019
The corporate regulator is appealing last year's landmark Federal Court decision, determined to prove two Westpac subsidiaries provided personal financial advice despite not being licensed to do so. In December 2018, Justice Jacqueline Gleeson determined ...

AFSL reference checking protocols required

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
Financial advice licensees are not doing enough to communicate the background of advisers. As such, compliance with the Australian Banking Association's reference checking protocols should be mandatory for all advice licensees, the Royal Commission ...