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MLC waives licensee fees, delays dealer group transitions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... businesses and provide support to clients during unprecedented uncertainty. It has also delayed the transition of advisers from Apogee and Meritum. In an internal update yesterday, MLC Wealth chief executive Geoff Lloyd informed advisers of five elements ...

Former Apogee, GPS Wealth advisers banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
A former Apogee Financial Planning adviser has been handed a four-year ban for failing to provide appropriate advice. Meanwhile, a former GPS Wealth representative has been banned for three years for similar misconduct involving insurance products. ...

MLC Wealth hunts new talent

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
... and consolidating its aligned dealer groups. Godfrey Pembroke will operate for high-net-worth clients, while the Garvan, Apogee and Meritum brands will be retired and a new community of self-employed advisers developed. The group is also exiting its ...

Down but not out: Top advisers adapt

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... CountPlus - lost 74. Godfrey Pembroke dropped 40 advisers in the six months and MLC Wealth has now said it will consolidate the Apogee, Meritum and Garvan licensees, indicating further possible exits. Meanwhile, NAB itself dropped 32 advisers, to bring ...

MLC transforms advice business

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
... advisory firm Godfrey Pembroke, as well as a new combined group of advice businesses previously aligned with the Garvan, Apogee and Meritum brands. The group will exit the self-employed franchise models of MLC Advice Stores and NAB Financial Planning. ...

Banks, ASIC still at war over fees-for-no-service

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
... associated remediation payments are due for completion by the end of this year, while the review and remediation programs of Apogee Financial Planning, Godfrey Pembroke, GWM Adviser Services and Meritum Financial Group are expected to finish by the end ...

ASIC permanently bans former Apogee adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
A former Apogee Financial Planning representative has been permanently banned from providing financial advice after ASIC found he illegally took $1.4 million from superannuation accounts. ASIC's investigation of Ahmed Saad found he engaged in dishonest ...

ASIC takes further action against MyPlanner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2017
... January 2015. From December 2012 to May 2013 he was licensed through Millennium3, and from June 2012 to December 2012 with Apogee Financial Planning. He is also a member of the Association of Financial Advisers.

NAB advice GM departs in wealth restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
... 2015. Prior to that, he was general manager of MLC Direct and MLC Advice Solutions. He has also served as a director of Apogee Financial Planning, Meritum Financial Planning, Godfrey Pembroke and JBWere. Commenting on Miller's departure, NAB chief customer ...

ASIC calls on NAB to improve disclosure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
... between each customer's adviser, the advice licensee and the investments suggested. ASIC investigated NAB, Godfrey Pembroke, Apogee Financial Planning, GWM Adviser Services, Meritum Financial Group, and JBWere, with the non-disclosure resulting from ...