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AAT affirms SMSF adviser ban

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... Management. ASIC suspended Ballast's AFSL in October until December 18 as it had ceased to carry on a financial services business. In 2015 another former authorised representative of Ballast, Marion Joan Pearson, was permanently banned from providing ...

Macquarie profits slide 32%

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
... performance fees. This was partially offset by sale of Macquarie Rail in the period. The banking and financial services business, which includes platform and wealth and bring in 14% of net profit, was hit by margin compression on deposits, increased ...

HUB24 to acquire Xplore, offloads Paragem

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
... Investments we anticipate holding approximately 40% shareholding in Easton which is a diversified financial services business servicing 174 financial advisers and over 510 licensed accountants," Alcock said. "Easton's provision of licensee, training ...

Federal Court freezes investment scam, winds up SMSF operator

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2020
... Commission (ASIC). The Federal Court has made orders to restrain Matthew Alan Beresford from continuing a financial services business and suspended the bank accounts and websites associated with Maxwell Financial Services and Asset Capital Holdings. ...

ClearView adds to leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2020
The diversified financial services business has made a raft of changes to its leadership team, including a fresh life insurance lead and new general manager of wealth management. ClearView has today announced a series of key management changes as part ...

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 ...