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Partners Wealth appoints private wealth lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2022
Partners Wealth Group has hired a new head of Partners Private, hiring a former AMP Capital and Hume Partners senior portfolio manager. Andrew Lally has joined in the role, bringing within him about 25 years' experience across funds management and family ...

Beware super home buyer collateral damage: ISA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2022
The Coalition's super home buyer proposal could leave thousands worse off, even if they don't access the scheme, Industry Super Australia (ISA) has said. ISA said that under the super home buyer scheme, funds would be forced to carry more cash. As cash ...

Risk asset volatility guaranteed: Western Asset

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2022
Geopolitical developments and central bank tightening have made risk asset volatility a surety this year, according to Franklin Templeton's specialised investment managers Western Asset. However, Western Asset has said that despite geopolitical turbulence ...

CountPlus names chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2022
Following the sudden departure of Matthew Rowe in February, the financial advice group has named its new chief executive while also naming a new chief financial and operating officer. Hugh Humphrey will take over as chief executive of CountPlus on July ...

ASIC bans financial adviser for five years

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2022
Sydney financial adviser Walter Yaolong Guan has been banned for five years after operating without a licence. ASIC found that between March 2017 and August 2021, Guan, through his company Perennial Growth, carried on a financial services business when ...

Super home buyer scheme fails to move the needle

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
At first glance, the government's superannuation plan for homebuyers seemed a compelling proposition, but concrete analysis has revealed that at best it's only a marginal measure. The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has applauded both ...

Barclays increases stake in Barrenjoey

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
Barclays has almost doubled its interest in Barrenjoey, providing additional capital to assist with the creation of fixed income derivatives and equity financing platforms. Barclays said Australia is an important part of its strategic growth plans in ...

Westpac architects new institutional banking platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2022
Westpac has begun work on a new transactional platform for institutional clients, using UK technology provider 10x Banking to provide the core technology. The two companies have signed a letter of understanding that's built on an existing three-year ...

Former adviser sentenced over dishonesty

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2022
... corporate regulator with falsified documents. The sentence includes one year of home detention. Nesseim received a permanent ban from ASIC in May 2018 for misleading or deceptive conduct regarding the fabricated evidence. This conduct occurred between ...

Charges laid in lengthy ASIC investigation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2022
A former financial adviser who was permanently banned in 2016 for using close to $2 million in client funds for his own use has now been charged with 17 offences related to the alleged fraudulent transfer of shares to himself. Ashley Howard of Hobart ...