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ASIC bans adviser who misled TPB

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024
... was an authorised representative of Richmond Partners from March 2018 to May 2024. Prior, he was an executive financial planner at Professional Wealth Services and, before that, was a financial planner with Westpac for more than 12 years.

Pride Advice acquires two Adelaide-based firms

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2024
Pride Advice has acquired two firms, flagging there is more "room for growth to come." The acquisitions of Adelaide-based Flexible Lifestyle Solutions and Serious Money have expanded Pride Advice's team from four to 11 advisers and to 30 supporting ...

FAAA names Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award winner

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2024
... the second semester of 2024 by the FAAA. The award recognises the highest performing student in the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) Certification Unit for each semester, with demonstrable dedication to providing high-quality financial advice, the FAAA ...

The transferrable skills for advisers who changed careers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
... have helped them succeed in their careers as financial advisers. Forbes Fava Saville Financial Planning senior financial planner and chief executive Cameron Forbes, and Complete Financial Providence director and financial adviser Nick Carmichael told ...

Mercer awarded mandate for North's APS CoreSeries

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
Mercer will provide investment management for the APS CoreSeries Managed portfolios, which include Conservative, Balanced, and Growth options. Replacing Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, North said Mercer offers lower management fees of up to eight ...

Majority pass adviser exam

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
ASIC reported a 62% pass rate for the latest sitting of the Financial Advisers Exam. In the August cycle, 231 candidates sat the exam and 143 passed. Nearly three quarters (73%) sat the exam for the first time. The results were similar to the April ...

Former adviser cops 12 years' imprisonment

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
Former financial adviser Ben Jayaweera will spend the next 12 years behind bars after he was found guilty of fraud again. Jayaweera was sentenced in a retrial at the Brisbane District Court yesterday after he was found guilty of 28 counts of fraud amounting ...

Adviser permanently banned for faking qualifications

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024
A Western Australian financial adviser was permanently banned after he lied to his employer and clients about having passed the Financial Adviser Exam. Dashiel Benjo Vee, also known as Dash Vee, is banned from providing financial services, controlling ...

ASIC calls out sloppy adviser data

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024
... qualifications as "approved" when they meant they were "approved" for professional designations such as the Certified Financial Planner (CFP). Some AFSLs said that their advisers had "approved" qualifications when referring to a bridging course. "These ...

Older clients boost book values

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2024
A client book full of older clients are fetching a higher premium compared to last year, new advice practice valuations show. The Radar Results June 2024 price guide reveals that books of investment and super clients aged 80+ years old have seen their ...