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ASIC ban upheld, investment banker jailed

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) has upheld ASIC's decision to ban a financial adviser from providing financial services for five years. Former Meritum Financial Group adviser, Alfie Chong, was initially banned by ASIC for a range of misconduct ...

Court dismisses ex-AMP planner seeking hold on ASIC ban

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
The Federal Court has dismissed an application made by a financial planner to restrain ASIC from making a possible banning order. ASIC issued Lionsgate Financial Group planner Rommel Panganiban with a hearing notice in late 2015 relating to concerns ...

Aspen Group to consider restructure and acquisition

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
... able to due to a current lack of liquidity. The Independent Board Committee (IBC) found the proposal to have "considerable merit to continue to progress with the proposal". The IBC will seek approval from Aspen Group securityholders following supportive ...

Cbus partners QIC for options program

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016
... their product offering Developed through a partnership with QIC, it can be scaled up or down, dependent on the relative merit of options to other risk strategies available. Cbus investment manager, strategy Tim Ridley said, "One of the advantages of ...

Legg Mason Brandywine gets nod from Zenith

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2016
... income benchmark and instead invests according to a 'real yield' philosophy. The fund selects investments based on their merit, underlying macroeconomic fundamentals and valuation to invest in countries with high real interest rates and supportive currencies. ...

Folkestone A-REIT fund added to BT Wrap

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
... focusing on a top down/bottom-up process. Securities are selected on a concentrated portfolio basis built on individual merit and not benchmark weights.

PC to lead another inquiry into super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
... MySuper. David Whiteley, chief executive of Industry Super Australia (ISA) said, "Industry super funds support the current merit based system designed by the Productivity Commission in 2012, which provides a safety net for workers that do not choose ...

Support to recycle Queensland assets

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016
... was overwhelming support of plans to lease the assets and follow the lead of other states. "CCIQ believes there is strong merit in exploring both long-term leasing and sale of assets provided the proceeds of privatisation are used to pay down government ...

ASIC bans NAB-aligned adviser

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
A financial adviser linked with National Australia Bank (NAB) owned Meritum Financial Group has been banned for six years by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). NAB has welcomed ASIC's action against Mark Tidbury after the bank ...

NAB Wealth Advice hires growth manager

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
NAB Wealth Advice has appointed a former ING DIRECT executive to the role of business growth manager, strategic alliances and growth. Charles Smith has 25 years of experience within the wealth management industry, having held senior roles with ING DIRECT ...