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Cbus divests renewable asset

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
... Electricity Market (NEM). "We are committed to continue driving the energy transition across Australia. Our new Western Australian assets position us to work alongside Synergy in supporting the state's energy transition and decarbonisation ambitions." ...

GESB renews administration mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024
The fund for Western Australian public sector workers has renewed its mandate with MUFG Retirement Solutions. MUFG Retirement Solutions, formerly Link Group, has held the mandate since July 2014 when the Western Australian government first outsourced ...

Early release of super scammer sent to prison

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2024
A Western Australian woman who illegally obtained $202,000 for herself and others via an early release of superannuation scam has been sentenced to three years' imprisonment. The unnamed High Wycombe woman was sentenced at the Perth District Court ...

Majority pass adviser exam

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
... the indicative dates for the exam sittings are March 6, June 5, August 7, and November 6. Recently, former Western Australian financial adviser Dashiel Benjo Vee was permanently banned after he lied to his employer and clients about having passed the ...

Adviser permanently banned for faking qualifications

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024
A Western Australian financial adviser was permanently banned after he lied to his employer and clients about having passed the Financial Adviser Exam. Dashiel Benjo Vee, also known as Dash Vee, is banned from providing financial services, controlling ...

Super on unpaid parental leave extended in Western Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
The Western Australian government will extend the payment of superannuation on unpaid parental leave to up to 24 weeks from 1 July 2024 for all WA public sector employees. The initiative is expected to cost up to $46 million over the next four years ...

Decade-long ban reduced for former adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2023
... they lived there. They then travelled to Perth to attend the AFL Grand Final and were shortly arrested by the Western Australian Police Force. From 11 March 2022, ASIC banned Babbage from providing financial services or engaging in credit activities ...

AZ NGA acquires stake in $1bn advice firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023
AZ NGA will acquire an undisclosed stake in a Western Australian practice that has $1 billion in funds under advice. The Wealth Designers (TWD) is the latest addition to AZ NGA's stable, joining member firms McKinley Plowman, Wealthwise, and On-Track ...

Former adviser lands in jail

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023
... Financial Planning. ASIC cancelled Platinum Perpetual Global Private Wealth's AFSL in September 2019 after Western Australian police charged him with eight counts of stealing at the time. On September 22, Justice Lonsdale charged Sebo with 36 counts ...

CFOs look to hire in second half: Survey

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2023
... financial officers foresee hiring freezes in the next six months. When it comes to the states, the survey found Western Australian businesses have slightly greater hiring ambitions than those in other Australian states, with 44% planning to expand headcounts ...