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Another former AMP planner cops ban

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
ASIC has permanently banned a former longtime AMP financial planner from providing financial services following an investigation. The regulator banned Damian O'Rourke after it found he failed to provide appropriate advice, failed to provide clients ...

Bankwest executive to stand down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2016
Bankwest managing director Rob De Luca will leave the Commonwealth Bank Group (CBA Group) at the end of the year. Appointed to the position in April 2012, De Luca joined CBA Group in 2000 and has worked across several senior executive roles in Perth ...

ASIC hands down permanent and four year bans

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
ASIC has permanently banned a company director and has banned an alternative investment manager and director for four years. Steven Hill was permanently banned from engaging in credit activities and providing financial services after an ASIC investigation ...

ASIC hands down more permanent bans

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
ASIC has permanently banned a former AMP financial planner from providing financial services, deciding he is "not of good fame and character." Rommel Panganiban of New South Wales, an authorized representative of AMP Financial Planning between 2010 ...

Westpac refunds $9.2 million in unfair fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
About $9.2 million has been refunded by Westpac after more than 160,000 customers were wrongfully charged inapplicable account fees. The refunds are a result of the bank failing to waive fees on Westpac and St. George branded savings and transaction ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
Australia construction work done A sharp 9.0% drop in engineering in the June quarter accounted for all of the 3.7% fall in the value of total construction work done in the three months to June - worse than market expectations for a 1.9% fall. The value ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
Markit flash US manufacturing PMI Markit Economics' flash US manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) eased to a reading of 52.1 in August from July's nine-month high level of 52.9 on the back of continued solid strength in production. While the ...

AB fund added to three platforms

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
Global asset manager AllianceBernstein (AB) has had its AB Global Equities Fund added to three investment platforms, following strong endorsement from Lonsec. Since its inclusion in the Lonsec model portfolio, the fund has been added to the BT Wrap ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2016
Australia leading index The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Index of Economic Activity inched up by 0.1% in July, partially reversing the previous month's 0.2% fall. More important, the six-month annualised growth rate in the index - indicating ...

Hunter Hall director steps down

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016
A 16-year veteran non-executive director of Hunter Hall International is to resign from the business. Mark Forstmann, who joined the firm in 2000, will step down from his role as a non-executive director of Hunter Hall International and its subsidiary ...