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ASIC bans former NAB, Westpac adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
... dishonestly deducted money from clients' investment accounts and directed clients to make payments directly into his personal bank account. Between January 2015 and June 2016, Poynter withdrew a total of $39,700 in fees from 10 clients' investment accounts ...

Former Charter adviser receives permanent ban

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2018
... dishonestly deducted money from clients' investment accounts and directed clients to make payments directly into his personal bank account. An authorised representative of Charter Financial Planning from June 2010 to June 2016, Poynter provided advice ...

Open banking regime to boost advice

DARREN SNYDER, KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2018
... tokens or secondary factors of authentication." ANZ's submission notes the potential for IT system compromises where personal bank data could expose consumers to identify theft and privacy concerns. The bank goes on to say research in connection with ...

ASIC bans ex-CBA adviser for five years

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
... Mario Alafaci copped a permanent ban as of 22 December 2017 for instructing clients to pay fees-for-service into his personal bank account. ASIC said Alafaci, an authorised representative of Centra Wealth between 2 July 2014 and 11 January 2016, was ...

Former Centra Wealth adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
... Australian financial adviser was permanently banned after he was found to be receiving fees for service into his personal bank account. ASIC has banned David Mario Alafaci on the basis that he is not of good fame or character. An authorised representative ...

FoFA should also protect retail banking customers: FSU

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
FoFA reforms protecting consumers against conflicting remuneration structures when purchasing wealth products should be broadened to retail banking consumers as well, according to the Finance Sector Union. Speaking at yesterday's Senate inquiry into ...

Permanent ban for ex-OnePath adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2017
... Between 14 May 2007 and 30 November 2012, ASIC found Hutchison banked clients' cheques for advice fees into his personal bank account when he was obliged to remit or report them to RI Advice. He also failed to record the receipt of the cheques on the ...

Top 10 executive appointments in 2016

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
1. Wealth division overhauled in latest NAB restructure Three members of NAB's executive leadership team left the company in July following an extensive organisational restructure which saw wealth management and personal banking brought under the same ...

HLB Mann Judd launches new advice arm

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
Accounting and financial advice firm HLB Mann Judd Sydney has started its new debt advisory business. The new business is a joint venture with banking executive James Macfarlane, who has joined HLB Mann Judd as a director of HLB Debt Advisory. HLB Debt ...

NAB private wealth vet takes on key China relationship role

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
A NAB Private manager specialising in high-net worth Asian clients has joined a wholesale private and institutional financial services provider. Helen Huang, previously a NAB branch manager and NAB Private client manager, has joined the SILC Group as ...