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ASIC bans adviser jailed for supplying drugs

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
... December 2021. His non-parole period expires in January 2026. However, the ban indicates that Shortland will not be able to engage in any form of financial services for a further six years should he be released early by parole. As a result, he will be ...

Bain, CC Capital up Insignia bids

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
... weeks," the board said. The exclusivity deeds agreed with both Bain and CC Capital permit Insignia Financial to continue to engage in discussions with CC Capital and Bain respectively. The exclusivity deeds are in place for four weeks, after that time ...

Apex on local hiring spree

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
Apex Group is on track to achieve 20% annual organic sales growth over the next two years and plans to triple its headcount to 1000. After acquiring Iress' superannuation platform late last year, Apex's big opportunity is in member administration ...

Sandi Orleow joins ECP board

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
The professional director has joined the board of ECP Asset Management. Sandi Orleow joins Angela Obree as the second non-executive director of the company. Orleow has over three decades of experience in financial services, asset management, superannuation ...

Super, insurance, and bank boards' 'poor practices' targeted by APRA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... minimum standards for the fitness and propriety of responsible persons, requiring significant financial institutions to engage with it on succession planning and potential appointments. Other proposed changes take aim at board independence - especially ...

Former AMP licensees rebranded as Akumin

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
Entireti has unveiled the go-forward name of its NewCo subsidiary, home to all the financial advice brands previously owned by AMP. The business will now be known as Akumin, "inspired by the professional judgement, discernment and acumen of the experienced ...

SEC drops civil enforcement case against Coinbase

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2025
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a joint stipulation to dismiss its civil enforcement action against Coinbase Inc, and its parent company, Coinbase Global. The decision follows the formation of the SEC's Crypto Task Force in January ...

Team Super finalises leadership

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
Team Super has made two appointments to its senior executive team - a chief growth officer and a new finance chief. The new hires come one month after Sara Foreman joined as chief retirement officer from Aware Super. A former Australian Super executive ...

Property developer, investment firm goes 'all in' on Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
... us more than just financial backers. We invest in businesses where we hold internal expertise, and where we can actively engage to enhance performance - like financial services." The new Professional Partners Fund will offer sophisticated and institutional ...

ASIC bans Brisbane-based financial services director

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
ASIC has banned JB Markets director Peter Aardoom from providing financial services, controlling an entity that carries on a financial services business and performing any function involved in the carrying on of a financial services business for eight ...