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Countdown to FASEA exam deadline

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
... advisers to register," the authority said. The March exam is being held in 16 metropolitan locations as well as Cairns, Townsville, Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba, Gosford, Coffs Harbour, Geelong, Bendigo and Geraldton. So far, 89% of those who have sat the ...

Adviser sentenced to eight years' prison

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2020
... that perhaps Dick felt he would no longer be able to keep up his fraud. Synchron's compliance manager then flew to Townsville, where Dick was based, eventually escalating the issue to the police. "The fact that he got sentenced to eight years, I ...

Industry fund adds to board

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... executive positions at the Federal Treasury, the National Office of Local Government and city councils of Esk Shire and Townsville. He was also a director for Queensland Treasury Corporation, which LGIAsuper said has prepared him to help drive outcomes ...

Adviser guilty of misuse of client money

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... carry various maximum penalties of between 10 to 14 years' imprisonment. Dick's next appearance will be at the Townsville District Court, on a date yet to be set. ASIC noted Dick had shown cooperation with its investigation and early guilty plea. ...

Court confirms Storm Financial founders breached duties

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... 11 investors in question". Storm collapsed in 2009 after being forced into administration by Commonwealth Bank. The Townsville-based company was about $90 million in debt. In 2010, ASIC's initial case centered around specific investors who were advised ...

Former AMP, Synchron adviser charged

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... has been brought before the courts for allegedly using the retirement savings of clients to fund his own lifestyle. Townsville's Anthony Vivian Dick has been charged with 11 counts of dishonestly applying to his own use property belonging to another. ...

FASEA exam dates revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2019
... December round of exams will be held from December 5-9 in 19 centres across Australia including regional sittings in Townsville, Rockhampton, Mackay, Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba, Gosford, Orange, Wagga Wagga, Bendigo and Geelong. Registrations for the ...

Global asset manager moves into healthcare

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
... The two seed assets for this diversified healthcare venture are the Mater Women's & Children's Hospital in Townsville, and Westside Private Hospital in Brisbane, both of which are secured with long leases to established national healthcare operators. ...

Inaugural FASEA exam results in

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
... Canberra, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Darwin and Hobart. For September, regional sittings will be offered in Townsville, Gold Coast, Cairns, Newcastle, Wollongong, Ballarat and Bunbury. For December, 10 regional centres will be offered in Townsville ...

FASEA exam results expected soon

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2019
... subject to demand. FASEA said at least two sitting days of exams would be available for advisers in September across Townsville, the Gold Coast, Cairns, Newcastle, Wollongong, Ballarat and Bunbury, with up to two sessions available each day. The authority ...