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Fintech appoints country head

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
Envestnet Yodlee has appointed Tim Poskitt as country manager for Australian and New Zealand operations. He was previously head of alternative finance and fintech at illion. Earlier in Poskitt's career he worked in global banking for HSBC and in corporate ...

AZ NGA makes acquisition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... the acquisition reinforces AZ NGA's commitment to building a large, integrated, multi-disciplinary financial services business. "There are also mutually-beneficial opportunities for Matthews Steer to leverage the scale, resources and capabilities of ...

Former adviser faces fraud charges

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... orders to wind up Refocus following an application by ASIC, restraining Gordon from carrying on a financial services business without holding an AFSL or being an authorised representative. The corporate watchdog alleges that between 2015 and 2017, Gordon ...

Adviser jailed over $2m Ponzi scheme

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
... 31 after pleading guilty to six counts of engaging in dishonest conduct in the course of running a financial services business. He will be eligible for parole after serving four years. Miller was the director of CFS Private Wealth, which was wound up ...

McMillan Shakespeare restructures operations

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... increased by approximately 50%. McMillan Shakespeare also expects a $30-35 million hit to its retail financial services business, blaming the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, increased competition and a general reduction in the number of car sales for ...

Judgement delivered in binary options fraud

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... in the scheme. As part of her ruling, One Tech Media will be permanently banned from carrying on a financial services business, and will be forced to pay up a $1.8 million penalty. Allianz Metro will also be barred from financial services, while Senese ...

Bad news for BDMs despite industry-wide uptick

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
The latest market update for financial services in Australia from Kaizen Recruitment contains some welcome good news, but times remain tough for business development managers. Kaizen recently surveyed over 50 financial services organisations regarding ...

MLC Life executive joins AFCA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
A member of MLC Life's leadership team has been appointed lead ombudsman for investments and advice at AFCA. A former industry super fund has also joined the body as lead ombudsman for superannuation. MLC Life Insurance chief of customer operation Natalie ...

Concerns over cancelled ASFL complaints

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
... that all relevant officers of the company had resigned and that the company had ceased to carry on a financial services business. "In light of this, ASIC has cancelled the company's AFS licence," the regulator said. "Since the suspension of KP International ...

Super sector to dominate by 2034

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
The superannuation industry will undergo profound changes that will see it grow to become a $7 trillion market ($4.8 trillion in today's dollars) by 2034. But it's not all good news for the retail sector. That's according to the latest report from actuary ...