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Zurich, OnePath cover vaccine side-effects

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2021
Zurich Life & Investments and OnePath Life have added protection coverage from the COVID-19 vaccination into eligible life insurance policies to encourage more people to get vaccinated. The new protection ensures that if any Zurich or OnePath Life insured ...

Three-month relief proposal gains traction

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
The relief that will allow financial advisers to sit the November examination regardless of their last sitting is closer to becoming official. The Financial Advisers Standards and Ethics Authority announced yesterday that the Corporations (Relevant ...

Super fund reporting, auditing reform consultation opens

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2021
... requirements for super funds with more than four members. The proposed reforms will require super funds to prepare, and lodge audited financial reports with ASIC. At present, they're only required to provide financial information and data to APRA ...

Conditional release for former Hillross adviser

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
A former financial adviser has received a conditional release without conviction for a period of two years after pleading guilty to false document charges. Wael Kourieh, who was an authorised representative of Hillross between 2010 and 2016, pleaded ...

SMSF fraudster loses appeal

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
The Queensland Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by former property developer Craig Gore who was found guilty of defrauding self-managed superannuation fund investors. In November 2020, Gore was sentenced to five years' imprisonment with a ...

ASIC bans adviser, cancels AFSL

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021
... Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) and pay two AFCA determinations on time. In addition, Trade Wind FS did not lodge its 2019 and 2020 audited financial accounts and failed to notify ASIC of the change in the key person for the AFSL. "AFSL ...

No charges in AMP BOLR investigation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... charged fees for no service, but that a disclosure statement might prompt the client to cancel an ongoing fee and potentially lodge a complaint with ASIC, which would be a "negative customer experience". The regulator's other investigations into ...

360 Capital offloads E&P stake

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
360 Capital has sold its entire stake in E&P Financial Group, after its unsuccessful takeover attempt earlier this year. TGP sold its 19.9% stake in EP1 at 62 cents a share ($29.9 million total including dividends). It says it netted a $9.1 million ...

James Mawhinney files appeal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
Embattled Mayfair 101 founder James Mawhinney is maintaining his innocence, fighting his 20-year ban from soliciting and receiving funds in relation to financial products. Mawhinney has retained Roberts Gray Lawyers and has lodged an appeal with the ...

ASIC bans adviser over $5m fraud

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021
ASIC has permanently banned former Sentinel Wealth financial adviser Gavin Fineff, after he was charged with misappropriating between $3.3 and $5 million of client money. On May 7, Fineff was arrested and charged by New South Wales Police with 18 offences ...