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Former adviser receives jail sentence

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016
... fraud. Wise will be eligible for parole after he has served 20 months. The charges related to Wise's conduct between 23 October 1997 and 10 March 2006, where he worked as a financial adviser at Kawana Waters in Queensland. ASIC's investigation found ...

SMSF auditor's appeal upheld

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has overturned an ASIC decision to disqualify an SMSF auditor. In October 2015, Manoj Abichandani was disqualified as an SMSF auditor following allegations from ASIC that he tried to mislead the regulator with untruthful ...

Adviser Ratings secures referral partnership

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
... local region/area - a great incentive for specialists already on, or looking to join the platform," Wood said. Launched in October, Small Business First is an online platform designed to help small businesses run their operations more efficiently. Small ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
... forced to step in to achieve its growth target of 6.5% - 7.0%. Investment in property expanded by 6.6% in the 10 months to October compared to a year earlier, up from 5.8% year-on-year rate posted in the first nine months of 2016. This comes despite ...

Company director jailed after mishandling funds

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... agreement that would supposedly return 1.8% per month (21.6% per annum) in interest payments. ASIC alleged that between October 2008 and September 2010, Hansen dishonestly used his position as a director of Golden Rule with the intention to cause damage ...

Equities specialist to CFSGAM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... Asset Management has appointed a new investment director. Richard Cahill joined the firm's investment specialist team in October and is a former principal and researcher of equity fund managers at Mercer Investment Consulting. A spokesperson for CFSGAM ...

Link makes Pillar bid

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016
... Pillar Administration to Link Group would reduce competition in superannuation. Among several issues the commission said in October the sale would entrench Link's dominant position in super administration, resulting in lower service levels or higher ...

ASIC employee faces court

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016
... offences are punishable by up to two years and 10 years imprisonment respectively. Daher was arrested and charged on 20 October, he was subsequently released on bail to appear in court on 10 November 2016. Daher was been suspended from ASIC without pay. ...

The $25 trillion decision US voters have to make

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
... keeping them closed, according to latest ETP inflow figures. "Australia's ETP sector is a barometer of investor appetite. October inflows reflects Australian investors' uncertainty in international equity markets and a strong home country bias, particularly ...

Foreign instos keen on Aussie real estate

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
Foreign institutional investment in Australian real estate is down more than 7% in the 12 months to October 2016 when compared to same period in 2015. In the past year 324 cross-border property transactions were recorded in Australia with a value of ...