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Former Garvan adviser banned for $2.4m theft

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2017
A jailed former authorised representative of Garvan Financial Planning was permanently banned by ASIC for misappropriating client funds. Patrick Simon Mitchell was banned by the regulator, having been sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading ...

Senior executives sworn to secrecy over bank levy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
The five major banks are banned from consulting with their boards, customers or shareholders prior to the implementation of legislation around the new bank levy. In what the Australian Bankers' Association has labelled an extraordinary move, the Federal ...

ASIC bans former Avestra directors

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
Former directors of Avestra Asset Management have been banned from providing financial services for 10 years. Paul Rowles and Clayton Dempsey were found by the Federal Court to have engaged in multiple contraventions of the Corporations Act. These included ...

Two Victorian advisers cop bans

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
... advice, particularly in relation to residential property development. Heycock and Arnold-Levy, both from Vitoria, have been banned from providing financial services for six years and four years respectively. Following a two-year long investigation, the ...

Opposition floats SMSF borrowing ban

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
Self-managed superannuation funds will be banned from direct borrowing under an expanded housing affordability policy unveiled by the Federal Opposition today. Speaking to media this morning, Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen said the policy will target ...

ASIC bans company director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
A former director of a Melbourne-based investment banking securities dealer and asset management firm was banned from providing financial services by ASIC. Bingxing Hu was banned for five years after an ASIC investigation found he knowingly engaged ...

Advisers to be judged by peers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2017
Whether or not individuals in financial services should be banned for misconduct may be decided by their peers, with ASIC calling on the industry to consult on the establishment of a new panel. The proposed Financial Services Panel would provide the ...

ASIC cancels suspended AFSL

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
... financial product advice. The company was also authorised to deal in general insurance products. In 2016, ASIC permanently banned the former director of RGIB, Timothy Pratten, from providing financial services and from engaging in credit activities. ...

ASIC wins first court action for FoFA breaches

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... that NSG pay pecuniary penalties in relation to the declarations made. In addition to the Federal Court decision, ASIC has banned previous representatives of the firm, Adrian Chenh and Bill El-Helou, from providing financial services for a period of ...

ASIC permanently bans Queensland adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
The Australian and Securities and Investment Commission permanently banned a former Anne Street Partners financial planner for engaging in deliberate acts of dishonesty. Daniel Peter Logan, formerly of Brisbane, failed to comply with financial services ...