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Westpac obscured bad adviser reference check

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
... explain," and "I'm not qualified [to answer]." Interestingly, Smith is currently practicing as a financial adviser with dealer group Dover after he resigned from Westpac in March 2015 before facing any repercussions. In May 2015, Dover rang Westpac seeking ...

ASIC hits former NAB adviser with permanent ban

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
... showing investments he had made on clients' behalf. During this time, he was an authorised representative of The Salisbury Group and AMP-aligned Charter Financial Planning.

Fortnum manager becomes planning coach

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
... business growth manager at Fortnum Private Wealth. Other senior roles for Little include managing director at Henry Financial Group for eight years, and at Synergy Financial Services for seven years. Slipstream Coaching director Scott Charlton said ...

Advice group solidifies Gen-Y positioning

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... niche to focus on. Different niches require different advice offerings and as such advisers want to be part of a dealer group that can support their needs," he said. Leveraging its long-standing experience with a younger client book, Wealth Enhancers ...

ASIC bans ex-CBA adviser for five years

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
... investigation determined Alafaci acted in his own self-interest and engaged in conduct at the expense of Centra, causing the dealer group to suffer a financial loss. ASIC has banned 40 advisers since October 2014 as part of a crackdown to lift the standards ...

UBS tops Australasian adviser tables for mergers and acquisitions

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... ($155.1bn). This was led by the largest deal in 2017 - the US$24.6bn ($31.4bn) acquisition of Australia-based retail property group Westfield Corporation by Unibail-Rodamco, the France-based commercial property operator. The second largest Australian-targeted ...

Former adviser cops 10-year imprisonment

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017
... companies in January 2013 owing more than $30 million to clients. Sherwin was also chair of Wickham Securities, part of the group, which collapsed in December 2012, owing more than $27 million to approximately 300 debenture holders. On September 5, he ...

Sherrin kicks goal with merger

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
... Brisbane financial advice business Sherrin Partners has merged with another practice. The merger with Medico Legal Insurance Group is said to bring together two businesses which are focused on client relationships and long-term financial planning. Separate ...

EQT appoints non-executive director

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
... technology industries. Sedgwick is currently chair of Australian Tourist Park Management, a director of Australian Life Insurance Group and is a member of the Finance Committee of Queens College (University of Melbourne) and a member of the Foundation ...

Unlicensed product adviser receives four year ban

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
... carried on an unlicensed financial services business. Ronald Cross, chief executive and director of Park Trent Properties Group was banned after the Supreme Court of NSW found Park Trent had unlawfully carried on an unlicensed financial services business ...