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ASIC bans ex-AMP adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2017
... regulator also raised concerns about how he arranged completing clients' paperwork and questioned the integrity of such records. The corporate watchdog decided to ban Fong permanently on the grounds he engaged in dishonest conduct relating to client ...

Permanent ban for ex-OnePath adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2017
ASIC has permanently banned a financial adviser for double charging clients and falsifying records. Robert Hutchison, from Western Australia, was an authorised representative of RI Advice Group, an Australian financial services licensee owned by OnePath ...

Westpac to review history of new applicants

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
... customers." ABA chief executive Anna Bligh said banks recognise they need to do more to stop individuals with poor conduct records moving around the industry and escaping detection, with the background checks able to go back up to five years. "Each bank ...

Azimut investment play gets Lonsec approval

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
... giving the fund a "Recommended" rating, Lonsec highlighted its "experienced small cap team, the impressive industry track records of the individuals involved and the disciplined focus on maximising risk-adjusted returns." The fund holds typically holds ...

Younger investors flock to offshore equities

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
... Baby Boomers are opting for traditional blue chips names which offer reliable yields and have excellent long term track records," she said. Overall the top ten holdings for Generation Y were A2 Milk, NAB, ANZ, Telstra, BHP and Bellamy's Australia. Generation ...

CommInsure cleared of medical misconduct

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... handling fell short of community expectations. CommInsure employees have been accused of deleting and altering medical records so as to deny claims; part of the confusion around this issue stemmed from a program the insurer used called the Medical Officers ...

Major ASIC project finds serious financial advice concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... from former colleagues whom ASIC determined were not independent and, regardless, wouldn't have access to the compliance records of previous licensees. ASIC highlighted the Australian Bankers' Association's reference checking and information sharing ...

Super funds trawling eBay for legacy parts

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
... on eBay to keep its legacy systems running. Citing other legacy issues, Loane said one life insurer is storing customer records on a microfiche and another needing to employ a coder fluent in FORTRAN - a programming language developed in the 1950s. She ...

Pricing error shaves $2.2m off Australian Ethical profit

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2017
... past 12 months. "Increasing awareness of ethical investment and our investment in targeted marketing helped us set new records in our super fund. In the six months to 31 December 2016, Australian Ethical Super averaged 812 new members per month, which ...

CBA records $4.9bn half-year profit

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
Commonwealth Bank's wealth management arm recorded a $249 million profit in the second half of 2016, up 6% on the first six months of the calendar year. The wealth division was a small contributor to CBA's overall net profit after tax of $4.9 billion ...