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Crypto hype drives new partnership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
... have a great deal of experience, and who care about their customers," he said. Xpress Super also recently partnered with Guardian Vaults, a trading and storage facility for precious metals, diamonds and cold wallet storage for cryptocurrency. "Clients ...

ASIC accepts EU from Brisbane adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... accepted an enforceable undertaking from a Queensland financial adviser for not meeting his life insurance replacement advice obligations. ASIC found Duane Wright, owner of Brisbane-based First National Home Loans and Insurance, breached obligations ...

Regulator bans adviser for seven years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
... less his own expenses and to have created insurance application forms, client file notes and profiles and statements of advice containing false information. At the time of the offences Gunner was a representative of GuardianFP. Commenting on the ban ...

J.P. Morgan and Future Fund ties at robo-adviser

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016
... Tanner to the investment advisory board. Six Park co-founder and advisory board chair Brian Watson said the firm's robo-advice model will save Australians one to 2% per annum compared to more traditional money management, and in turn "make a huge difference ...

Fortnum picks up award winning practice

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
A former Guardian Advice practice has joined non-institutionally owned dealer group, Fortnum Financial Advisers. Griffin Financial Services joined the group following Guardian's decision to exit financial planning in late 2015. The Sydney-based practice ...

ASIC bans former Guardian Advice planner

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
ASIC has permanently banned a former Guardian Advice representative. Andrew Moroney worked under the Guardian Advice licence from 2006 to 2014, during which time ASIC alleged he engaged in deliberate "policy churn" - annually recommending clients replace ...

Suncorp to drop aligned advice businesses

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
Suncorp Life has announced it will transition out of managing Guardian Advice and Suncorp Financial Planning. The process will take place over the next six months, and the decision was made, according to the company's statement, "in order to simplify ...

CFAs told ASIC is for the consumer

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
... Australian Investment Conference in Sydney yesterday, Medcraft said the surveillance was focusing on two particular areas - advice compliance and bad apples. "We are looking to ensure that historic issues with advice are addressed and that moving forward ...

Advice M&A activity set to soar in 2015

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... Commonwealth Financial Planning and Macquarie Private Wealth. AMP shut down the Genesys dealership and Suncorp's Guardian Advice license had conditions imposed on it over concerns about the appointment of ex-advisers from AAA Financial Intelligence. ...

ASIC imposes conditions on Guardian Advice

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2015
... Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has imposed conditions on the licence of Suncorp-owned Guardian Advice following a surveillance which uncovered deficiencies in the advice it provided to retail clients. ASIC said the company, which ...