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Tarrant appeals AAT banning order

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
Tarrants managing director Ross Tarrant has appealed the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) decision to ban him from providing financial services for seven years. Tarrant was sued by about 100 investors in the case of the Trio Capital fraud for ushering ...

Trio victims condemn Astarra director jail release

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
The Victims of Financial Fraud (VOFF) have condemned the release of Astarra Asset Management former director Shawn Richard after two years and six months in prison. The organisation that represents the victims of the Trio Capital fraud have described ...

Key PIS and Asteron execs move to Millennium3

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
Two key executives from Professional Investment Services (PIS) and Asteron respectively have joined the practice management division of the ANZ-owned dealer group Millennium3. The former PIS regional manager for Queensland Mark Stubbing has joined Millennium3 ...

Platinum's Neilson backs Japan in 2014

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014

Asteron encourages advisers to go digital

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
Asteron Life is encouraging its advisers to go digital by offering an extra 10% commission in the first year to financial planners who write new business using the online application process. The offer, called '2 for 10', is applicable for advisers ...

Financial Standard unveils Digital Dozen in social media

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013

Advisers battle to reconnect with disengaged clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013
Financial planners are fishing for new clients among Australians who have never sought advice before, but technology could help them reconnect with disengaged clients already in their practices. "There are very few practices that don't have a number ...

ASIC concedes Trio ringleader investigation

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has been forced to concede defeat in its pursuit of the alleged ringleader of the Trio/Asterra collapse. ASIC had previously acknowledged that bringing a strong enough case against Jack Flader ...

Asteron takes on former Aon Hewitt exec

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
Life insurer Asteron Life has appointed David Plant as its new executive manager of operations and strategy implementation. Plant was previously general manager of operations at Aon Hewitt Financial Advice, where he was responsible for operations, governance ...

Wealthtrac steps up SMSF campaign

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
Platform provider Wealthtrac has appointed a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) sales specialist to develop its business in the potentially lucrative, but hard-to-access DIY super market. As business development manager - SMSF, James Macken will ...