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Decade-long ban for UGC director upheld

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
... two hearings since the application and have ultimately rejected the appeal. Hewish was banned from providing financial services for 10 years in June 2024. He was the sole director, responsible entity and key person of UGC. Last year, UGC's authorised ...

Former Kerr Neilson staffer pleads guilty to insider trading

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
... also invest in the shares. Between 4 January 2024 and 8 October 2024, the regulator also alleged he operated a financial services business without an AFSL. Based in New South Wales' Blue Mountains, Forrest previously worked as a business analyst ...

Insignia offloads IOOF Alliances to Entireti

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2025
... Akumin chief executive Matt Lawler. The Entireti group includes Akumin, Fortnum Private Wealth and Personal Financial Services. AMP Financial Planning, Hillross and Charter Financial Planning officially rebranded to Akumin in March. AMP Financial Planning ...

CSC quashes internal bullying, sexism claims

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2025
... gap. According to Workplace Gender Equality Agency data, CSC has one of the highest gender pay gaps in the financial services industry. It recorded a 22.1% gender pay gap for total median remuneration and 22% for the median base salary despite having ...

Four men charged over sophisticated bond scam

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2025
... other documentation which ASIC described as "high quality, mimicking or copying actual prospectuses from major financial services providers." The fake investments ranged from one to 10 year-terms with fixed returns between 4.5% and 9.5% per annum. Although ...

InterPrac hit with $22m in AFCA complaints

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2025
... potential involvement. Financial adviser Merhi was licensed through InterPrac and is the director of Venture Egg Financial Services and United Financial Advice, which trade as Venture Egg and Financial Services Group Australia. "We recognise that the ...

Payday super delays will cost workers: ASFA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2025
... 2026, but urged the government to pass the necessary legislation. ASFA said while some organisations in the financial services sector have called for further delays, the superannuation industry is warning that the cost of inaction is too high. ASFA said ...

Linda Elkins joins AMP board, Slattery exits

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025
Linda Elkins will be joining the AMP board, drawing on her more than 25-plus years in financial services, including top roles at KPMG, Colonial First State and Russell Investment. Starting 1 September, Elkins joins AMP Limited as a non-executive director ...

Metrics hires for newly created role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2025
... investment, and previously worked as principal, responsible investment and as a senior consultant. She has worked in financial services in both London and Sydney, and began her career as a credit analyst at BNP Paribas. In a statement to Financial Standard ...

FCA fines Neil Woodford, WIM $94m

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2025
... million ($472.3m) redress scheme for those investors stuck in the fund when it was suspended. "Being a leader in financial services comes with responsibilities as well as profile. Mr Woodford simply doesn't accept he had any role in managing the ...