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SMSFs targeted in $428k swindle

ASIC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
A man has been jailed and his wife charged with aiding and abetting dishonest conduct for stealing nearly half a million dollars from self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation ...

QSuper bulks senior investment team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
QSuper has appointed former QIC head of portfolio design, Damian Lillicrap, as head of strategy and Herbert Chang as head of capital markets. Lillicrap and Chang, together with head of funds management Charles Woodhouse complete the roster of senior ...

EQT head to retire

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
Peter Williams, managing director at Equity Trustees, has announced his retirement at the end of the year. Williams has been managing director at the firm for seven years and has more than 40 years experience in Australian financial services. The firm's ...

ASIC charts margin lending requirements

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2009
... further training to advise on margin lending and also apply the financial resource requirements to Australian financial service licensees (AFSL) that deal in margin lending products. At present, Tier 1 products, that are more complex, attract advanced ...

No proof lack of regulation caused GFC: APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2009
Just because the GFC happened doesn't mean it was caused by a lack of regulation, said a senior APRA executive in a major speech this week. "Just because one event follows another does not mean that the first event caused the second event," explained ...

Broker gets permanent ban from ASIC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2009
ASIC has permanently banned Mark William Clough from providing financial services after conducting business without an AFSL and pocketing $43,500 of his client's funds. This follows an ASIC investigation into Clough's dealings when he operated an insurance ...

E*TRADE fee hits planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
... that were previously free. The pricing changes affect a package the firm provides to more than 200 Australian Financial Service Licence (AFSL) holders. The package includes the use of white labelled documents, access to E*TRADE Pro and a dedicated relationship ...

Court convicts unlicensed Westpoint planner

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
A New South Wales court has sentenced, Keith Rowntree, to 80 hours community service for providing financial advice, which led to clients investing in Westpoint products, without a licence. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) ...

Charged for no AFSL

ASIC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
ASIC has commenced proceedings against four former Queensland directors who dealt in financial products, including Westpoint promissory notes, without an Australian financial services licence (AFSL). Barry William Silver, of Arundel, Robert Peers Button ...

AFS school boosts revenues by 27 pc

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2009
Australian Financial Services (AFS) Business School graduates recorded a 27 per cent growth in revenues on average six months after they returned to the office. Peter Daly, AFS Group chief executive, said the Business School exceeded all the firm's ...