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ASIC bans Spectrum Wealth adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
The corporate regulator has banned a Spectrum Wealth adviser from providing financial services for three years, following an investigation that sprung from reports sent to ASIC by life insurers. Gurumukh Singh Mehra failed to act in his clients' ...

ASIC appeal convicts former CBA planner

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
... filed a notice of appeal against the sentence on the basis that it was "manifestly inadequate." In ordering a conviction, Judge Rosengren said Gillespie committed an offence of dishonesty by a person occupying a position of trust. The documents forged ...

Financial advice as charitable giving

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 OCT 2018
A new financial advice firm operating as a charity is changing the lives of low income earners in Western Australia. Registered with the Australian Charities and Not-For-Profit Commission, Leda Financial Advice was founded by financial adviser Michael ...

DomaCom concludes Federal Court action

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
... breached when a related party of an SMSF rented a Burwood property held by the DomaCom fund. The Court said the primary judge's decision was incorrect in concluding that the leasing of the residential property held by the sub-fund to a child of a member ...

The BOE's got no problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018
... is slightly faster than the diminished rate of supply growth, which averages around 11/2% per year. The MPC continues to judge that the UK economy currently has a very limited degree of slack. Unemployment is low and is projected to fall a little further. ...

ASIC defends enforceable undertakings at Royal Commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
ASIC's favourite method of tackling misconduct came under fire as the Royal Commission capped off its round of superannuation hearings on Friday. First up was Tim Mullaly, a senior executive leader in ASIC's financial services enforcement division. ...

Federal Court rules partly in favour of DomaCom

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
... In handing down the ruling, the Federal Court however agreed in-part with the appealed decision, concluding the primary judge was correct to determine the units held by the trustee in the sub-fund of the DomaCom fund constituted an investment in a 'related ...

We have won the battle, not the war: AustralianSuper CEO

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk told the Royal Commission the industry super Fox in the Henhouse campaign helped win the battle, but the war continues over default superannuation arrangements. The chief executive of Australia's largest ...

Chief economist update: Heaven can wait but the BOE couldn't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018
... is slightly faster than the diminished rate of supply growth, which averages around 11/2% per year. The MPC continues to judge that the UK economy currently has a very limited degree of slack. Unemployment is low and is projected to fall a little further. ...

Super funds underplay risk profiles: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
Superannuation funds are potentially "underplaying" the riskiness of investment options to members, hence making it difficult to accurately compare products. This is according to new research from Monash Business School, which highlights the lack of ...