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Uncertainty abounds future of advice regulation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... membership renewal time. It does not receive notifications from ASIC. For those members that are referred to the FPA's Conduct Review Commission, the process is typically kept confidential, including the adviser's name. For the AFA, the Commission found ...

Royal Commission grills professional associations

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... stalled because investigations officer Mark Murphy left before Christmas 2017, and the matter is now before the Conduct Review Commission (CRC) - the FPA's private tribunal tasked with conducting hearings and implementing disciplinary action. Henderson ...

Dead advice clients slugged ongoing service fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
The Commonwealth Bank has admitted one of its advice subsidiaries charged ongoing service fees to clients it knew had passed away. Providing testimony to the Royal Commission today, CBA executive general manager, Commonwealth Private Marianne Perkovic ...

FPA appoints conduct commission chair

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
... Australia is taking a step forward to becoming a code monitoring body with the appointment of a new chair to its conduct review commission. Graham McDonald, a solicitor and barrister with experience in dispute resolution, will preside over FPA disciplinary ...

FPA expels and fines dishonest member

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
The Financial Planning Association Conduct Review Commission Disciplinary Panel has expelled financial adviser Darren Tindall and issued a fine of $16,000. In a determination handed down on 10 February, the CRC decided to expel Tindall of PWM Advice ...

Adviser appeals ASIC ban

EMMA RAPAPORT, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
A financial adviser who is under investigation by the FPA Conduct Review Commission has been banned by ASIC from providing financial services for five years. The regulator issued Darren Tindall of PWM Advice in Orange, NSW, with a banning order last ...

FPA expels cheating member

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
... expelled a NAB-aligned member after he was found to have cheated on his CFP exam. A hearing of the association's Conduct Review Commission (CRC) found senior financial planner Shylesh Sriranjan breached the FPA Code of Professional Practice by cheating ...

Stockbrokers Association opens doors to advisers

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
... legislation to parliament, association members voted to amend the constitution to allow the association to adopt a "Conduct Review and Disciplinary System" to enable the association to become a code monitoring body. "Clients who deal with members of ...

Mercer Sentinel advising TCorp on custody

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
The New South Wales government has confirmed that Mercer Sentinel is advising NSW Treasury Corporation (TCorp) on its custodial arrangements. NSW Treasurer Gladys Berejiklian said in a short statement yesterday that the government has engaged a number ...

DomaCom appoints state manager

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
... financial services spanning superannuation, funds management, financial planning and wealth management. He is currently conduct review commissioner with the FPA and was for the past five years' strategic business development manager for AMP SMSF. "Chris' ...