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Aura appoints new head of distribution

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
Having recently boosted its financial planning network through an acquisition, Aura Group is also welcoming a new head of distribution. Chris Faddy joined Aura in May from Vantage Point Asset Management, where he was head of distribution and client ...

IOOF grows against the grain

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
IOOF credited the onboarding of about 50 advisers last financial year as a driving force behind its 131% increase in advice net flows. In what IOOF described as "counter to industry trend", its growing adviser numbers - including the 33 that joined ...

Remembering Gerry Porter

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
The financial advice industry is mourning the loss of the man behind the Association of Financial Advisers' Genxt initiative. Former AFA board member and Queensland state director Gerry Porter, who passed away over the weekend, is being remembered as ...

Beacon merges with Libertas

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
Independent dealer group Beacon Financial Group has joined forces with boutique licensee Libertas Financial Planning. Libertas Financial Planning director Mark Euvard told Financial Standard it will be business as usual for Libertas and that staff will ...

ASIC bans ex-AMP adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2017
... breaching his best interest duties in providing superannuation and insurance advice. David Fong was an authorised representative of AMP Financial Planning between January 2004 to December 2014, as well as a credit representative for more than four years. ...

Permanent ban for ex-OnePath adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2017
... 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, a subsidiary of ANZ. He was also a director ...

Former Garvan adviser banned for $2.4m theft

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2017
A jailed former authorised representative of Garvan Financial Planning was permanently banned by ASIC for misappropriating client funds. Patrick Simon Mitchell was banned by the regulator, having been sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading ...

Two Victorian advisers cop bans

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
Two former AMP Group-aligned financial advisers copped temporary bans from ASIC for operating without an AFSL and providing inappropriate advice. ASIC's investigation found MySuperMan director David Heycock and employee Stuart Arnold-Levy provided unlicensed ...

Unlicensed financial services' provider convicted

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
... granted an Australian Financial Services Licence or an Australian Credit Licence and has never been an authorised representative of a licensee. He was convicted on April 28 and fined $6000. Three breaches of the prohibition against engaging in credit ...

Wealth management firm expands

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
Wealth management firm Morgans Financial is expanding its presence in Queensland region of Stanthorpe. The firm, which has more than 60 offices nationwide, will service clients in the local government area of almost 36,000. Morgans Financial director ...