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Findex promotes new regional partners

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2022
Findex has appointed a total of 57 new partners and associate partners across Australia and New Zealand. The hires are an increase of almost 50% on the previous year, with most appointments coming from internal promotions. In all, 46 of them are in ...

SEC fines UBS Financial Services over fraud charges

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022
In the US, UBS Financial Services has agreed to pay US$25 million to settle fraud charges related to a complex options trading strategy it sold to investors without adequately educating their financial advisers on the product's risks. The Yield Enhancement ...

State Super welcomes new board director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2022
State Super has added to its board, appointing a former Commonwealth Bank and Westpac executive. Cathy Yuncken joined the State Super board last month, adding more than 30 years' experience in financial services. She is currently managing director of ...

Findex Group acquires firm

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2022
Findex Group is growing its presence, announcing the acquisition of McGarva Accounting Group which trades under Atticus Business Accountants and Basecamp Bookkeeping in Toowoomba. Findex is a privately-owned financial advisory and accounting service ...

Ausbil adds to sales capabilities

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2022
Dimitri Giannaras and Marko Matosevic have both joined Ausbil as business development managers, while Andrea McGarry has been promoted to the role of business development manager for Queensland and the Northern Territory. Giannaras and Matosevic both ...

ASIC succeeds in application to liquidate Ascent

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2022
ASIC has succeeded in its application to liquidate Ascent Investment and Coaching Pty Ltd after suspecting it was operating without a licence and falsified financial records. ASIC made an application to the Federal Court in March to wind up Ascent and ...

Trust in financial services jumps: CFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
... challenged maintaining trust levels with clients. The survey showed that Australian retail investors with a financial advisor were more trusting of the financial services industry. 58% of people with an adviser trusted the financial services industry ...

Lazard AM chief executive to retire

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022
The chief executive of Lazard Asset Management is set to retire after 20 years in the role, with a successor named. Ashish Bhutani has decided to retire as chief executive of the asset management business to pursue philanthropic and personal interests ...

Inquiry criticises gaps in CSLR

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2022
The proposed Compensation Scheme of Last Resort regime has several flaws that will overlook the protection of certain investors, a parliamentary inquiry heard. In discussing the Standing Committee on Economics Financial Services Compensation Scheme ...

Mercer nabs Lonsec consultant

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2022
Mercer has hired David Wilson to support the asset consultant's growing consulting and investment solutions business. Wilson joins from Lonsec where he spent more than six years as an investment consultant. Before that, he was a research services ...