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Former Apogee, GPS Wealth advisers banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
A former Apogee Financial Planning adviser has been handed a four-year ban for failing to provide appropriate advice. Meanwhile, a former GPS Wealth representative has been banned for three years for similar misconduct involving insurance products. ...

Super fund adds industry veteran

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019
An $8 billion government superannuation fund has welcomed the former country head of Franklin Templeton to its board of directors. Maria Wilton has joined the board of the Australia Post Superannuation Scheme, effective October. At the same time, Jim ...

ASIC zeroes in on SMSF auditors

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019
ASIC has taken action against three SMSF auditors for breaches and deficiencies in their auditing. The corporate regulator disqualified a pair of SMSF auditors and imposed conditions on another, after it found the auditors to be deficient across a range ...

Sunsuper, QSuper confirm merger talks

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2019
The two industry funds are in talks over a possible merger, one which would see the creation of Australia's largest superannuation fund. Queensland-based industry superannuation funds Sunsuper and QSuper have confirmed they are locked in discussions ...

Industry fund offers bonus on income streams

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2019
A $54 billion industry fund is nudging its older members towards income streams with a bonus of up to 2%, as it develops its retirement income solutions. Cbus will introduce a bonus for members upon retirement, with chief executive David Atkin saying ...

Suncorp wealth chief steps down

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
Suncorp has announced its chief executive of banking and wealth will depart the group in early 2020. David Carter will step down from the role he has held since 2016 to take on the new position of group chief executive at motoring body, the Royal Automobile ...

Frozen fund pays investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2019
Investors stuck in a Queensland-based mortgage income fund that went belly up in the GFC have finally received an interim distribution. LM First Mortgage Income Fund's unitholders are set to receive an interim distribution of 6.5 cents for each dollar ...

Zurich secures mandate from $8b super fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
Zurich has been awarded a group insurance mandate from an industry super fund worth $8 billion. The mandate was awarded by Queensland-based Energy Super and is the first given to the insurer since it acquired OnePath Life in June this year. Head of ...

Leaving a legacy

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
... of the foundation. Can you give some examples of the foundation's assets? JC: A good example is a property we own: 9 Queen Street, Melbourne. That was originally bought by the commercial side of the Bangarra Group or Bennelong Group as it was called ...

Dealer group shuts after advisers depart

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
A dealer group boss decided to close down its Australian Financial Services License after finding it hard to restock advisers with the FASEA education requirements. Queensland-based Myonlineadvisers was started by James Sutherland in 2012 as a non-aligned ...