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William Buck boosts private wealth office

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
Accounting and advisory firm William Buck has announced a new appointment to its South Australian private office wealth team. Andrew Bradley has been appointed to the role of private office senior advisor at the firm. William Buck SA managing director ...

Court confirms Storm Financial founders breached duties

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
The Full Federal Court has confirmed the directors of Storm Financial Group breached their duties as directors, dismissing their appeal of ASIC's 2016 decision. The determination wraps up an appeal against the regulator's original decision by ...

Super scammers pose as authorities

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
The scattergun approach of fraudsters looking to cash in on the early release of unaware Aussie's super has backfired, with one scammer copping an earful from a financial planner he tried to swindle. Fraudsters are posing as agents from superannuation ...

AFSL suspended by ASIC

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
A Queensland-based financial services provider has had its AFS licence suspended, impacting close to 20 financial advisers. ASIC has suspended the AFS licence of Longhou Capital Markets for three months, expiring June 12 this year. It follows the appointment ...

Investment manager criminally charged

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... in the Corporations Act 2001. "Client money provisions protect the interests of clients of Australian financial services (AFS) licensees by separating client money from money belonging to licensees," ASIC said. "Breaching client money provisions is serious ...

Early access to super scheme results in permanent ban

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
ASIC has permanently banned the man behind Superfunded, an illegal early access to superannuation scheme in Perth. Mark Goldenberg was chief operating officer, general manager and property analyst of Superfunded. His scheme enabled people to use their ...

Foreign fund managers granted licensing relief

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
... Australian regime. Overseas firms holding a new foreign entities license will be exempt from some obligations which apply to AFS licensees, including financial requirements, with ASIC satisfied similar regulatory supervision and outcomes will be achieved ...

Banned advisers still working in advice: FPA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
The Financial Planning Association of Australia has revealed it is aware of banned financial advisers still working in the advice industry. As part of the government's proposed legislation to implement the recommendations from the Royal Commission ...

Court punishes OTC derivative issuers

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
Three over-the-counter derivatives providers have been found guilty of contravening their AFSL licences by using account managers to pressure retail investors into purchasing products which lost investors more than $30 million. The Federal Court has ...

Queensland adviser barred from industry

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
A Queensland-based financial adviser has been permanently banned and an AFS licence canned, after the corporate watchdog found he had procured loans for his own use from SMSF clients. ASIC has banned William John Henry Houwing, also known as Jack Houwing ...