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ASIC bans Sydney adviser

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
A Sydney financial adviser was banned from providing financial services for three years by ASIC. Keira Jane Keegan, a former representative of Protect Ensure, was banned for recommending SMSF clients invest in financial products issued by Protect Ensure. ...

CBA finances wind farm construction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
The Commonwealth Bank is entering a consortium financing the construction of one of Australia's largest wind farms. The bank is co-financing the project with the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, CWP Renewables, Partners Group, Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui ...

Non-aligned advisers gifted growth opportunity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
Opportunities for non-aligned financial advisers to provide quality advice are growing as the industry's historically bad behaviour continues to repeat itself. That is the view of the 2016 AFA Practice of the Year Award winner Sam Henderson. Speaking ...

ANZ and Macquarie fined for cartel conduct

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
The Federal Court granted ANZ and Macquarie's wishes to pay fines totaling $15 million for attempted cartel conduct in 2011. As suggested to the court, ANZ will pay $9 million - admitting it engaged in 10 instances of attempted cartel conduct in contravention ...

Australia dulled to gender diversity: AMP Capital

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
Corporate Australia is becoming desensitised to gender diversity. That is the key argument of AMP Capital's latest report on the issue. 'GENDER DIVERSITY: The real reason we are still talking about it' is a report discussing the drivers of poor gender ...

Archaic gender rules mask super benefits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
Superannuation funds are failing to effectively engage LGBTI members due to antiquated rules on gender identity, and the need for reform is growing. Addressing the recent FPA Professionals Congress in Perth, high-profile transgender Catherine McGregor ...

Former ANZ planner cops ban

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016
ASIC has banned a former ANZ Financial Planning representative for five years. The regulator found that Andrew TambyRajah of Sydney engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct while employed by ANZ Financial Planning between 19 January 2006 and 30 July ...

Individual risk sales flat for three years

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
Growth in life insurers' individual risk business was "virtually static" in the three years to 30 June 2016, research reveals. The Health and Wellness Report, published by Strategic Insight (formerly Plan for Life), highlights that while individual ...

Carwardine to undergo external advice review

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
Carwardine Financial Services will undergo an independent external review of its compliance after ASIC surveillance identified a number of concerns. ASIC's surveillance concluded in September 2016 and identified a number of issues with Carwardine's ...

Management changes at Charter Hall

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
Charter Hall Group announced two management changes including the departure of a key employee. After five years with the Group chief financial officer Paul Altschwager is leaving to pursue other opportunities in 2017. The group also revealed that the ...