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Spaceship co-founder to exit

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
... is no doubt he has the passion, skills and focus required to successfully build a technology-driven financial services business," Bennetts said in a statement. The new chief executive's plans for Spaceship Spaceship's superannuation fund has ...

Advice dealer group shutters

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
... Australian Financial Services License, following the departure of a number of personnel within its financial services business. "Spectrum is unable to continue to comply with this licence requirement," Freedom said. Freedom confirmed ASIC has been notified ...

Institutions fail to adequately manage social risk

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
... chair Ian Laughlin and Finity Consulting principal Hadyn Bernau, argues the social condition of a financial services business is "no less important to a company's long-term success than its financial condition". Laughlin and Bernau defined social condition ...

Blue Sky appoints new chief executive

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2019
... officer Elizabeth Walker. Werro was previously the chief financial officer of Macquarie's banking and financial services business and Walker has previously served in CFO roles at RPG Developments and Consolidated Pastoral Company.

Adviser asked to cover regulator costs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2019
... (where Gardner was the sole director and responsible decision-maker) were restrained from carrying on a financial services business under court orders made on February 12. The court also ordered Gardner and the company to pay $10,000 (fixed) to cover ...

Former Macquarie executive takes new role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
... experience in financial services. Werro is a former chief financial officer of Macquarie's banking and financial services business. In the 10 years he spent at Macquarie, he also served as head of wealth advice, client remediation and head of regulatory ...

ASIC strips Melbourne firm of AFSL

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... services, credit and consumer protection laws. The court also permanently banned it from carrying on a financial services business and providing credit or entering into a credit contract as a credit provider. On January 10, ASIC obtained a restraining ...

Asset manager consolidation top of mind for HNWIs

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
... head of financial services for Australia and New Zealand, Phil Gomm, said: "Vertically integrated financial services business models are also demonstrating complex conflict of interest challenges for advisers." "Senior leaders acknowledged recently in ...

Melbourne AFSL pays $9 million in fines

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
... services, credit and consumer protection laws. The court has also permanently banned it from carrying on a financial services business and providing credit or entering into a credit contract as a credit provider. On January 10, ASIC obtained a restraining ...

ASIC extends relief to foreign financial services firms

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
... of foreign providers in Australia and enable foreign firms to apply for a modified form of an AFSL. Financial services business in Australia must hold an AFSL unless ASIC grants a relief or exemption. There are two types of relief available to foreign ...