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ASIC ban upheld, investment banker jailed

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... Tribunal (AAT) has upheld ASIC's decision to ban a financial adviser from providing financial services for five years. Former Meritum Financial Group adviser, Alfie Chong, was initially banned by ASIC for a range of misconduct issues including: providing ...

ASIC bans NAB-aligned adviser

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
A financial adviser linked with National Australia Bank (NAB) owned Meritum Financial Group has been banned for six years by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). NAB has welcomed ASIC's action against Mark Tidbury after the bank ...

NAB Wealth Advice hires growth manager

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
... in the evolution of our business." NAB Wealth Advice Partnerships operates five aligned licensee businesses - Apogee, Meritum, MLC Financial Planning, Garvan and Godfrey Pembroke - and includes more than 600 self-employed advice businesses, with more ...

ASIC bans ex-Genesys adviser

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
... his banning, Zelka worked for NEO Financial Solutions. Another NEO adviser, Alfie Chong, who formerly with NAB-aligned Meritum Financial Group, was also banned by ASIC in September.

ASIC bans former NAB-aligned adviser

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
ASIC has banned a former adviser from Meritum Financial Group, which is wholly owned by NAB. Alfie Chong worked at Meritum from September 2005 to March 2006, and then July 2007 to June 2014. During that time, ASIC has alleged that Chong engaged in a ...

Westpac, Count on ASIC radar over complex product advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... Financial, FSS Advisory, AMP-owned Genesys Wealth, HSBC Bank Australia, Madison Financial Group, MASU Financial Management, Meritum Financial Group, Sentry Financial Services and Westpac Banking Corporation. Since then, the licensees committed to measures ...

MLC appoints new GM of advice groups

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... aligned advice dealerships, including Apogee, MLC Financial Planning, Godfrey Pembroke, Garvan Financial Planning and Meritum. Smith leaves MLC after less than a year in the role, though he has been with NAB/MLC since last century. He leaves the bank ...

MLC clarifies AXA adviser hunt

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
... Wealth increased its salaried and licensee adviser numbers by 11 per cent to 1727 with 113 coming from the acquisition of Meritum Financial Group and 59 coming from new adviser recruitment. Last month, Craig Meller, head of financial planning, AMP, dismissed ...

MLC acquires remaining Meritum stake

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
MLC has completed its purchase of Meritum Financial Group, a planning group that MLC inherited as part of its Aviva acquisition. MLC acquired a minority ownership stake in Meritum as part of its acquisition of Aviva Australia, who was a stakeholder ...

PIS is not part of sale: NAB

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
... Aviva elect to sell the stake. While NAB/MLC did not snap up the PIS stake, the group took on Aviva's minority stakes in Meritum Financial Group, Financial Technology Securities, Infocus Wealth Management and AG Private Advisory. "As part of the acquisition ...