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Hayne report raises professionalism stakes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... and further education in the industry become law. Commissioner Kenneth Hayne is calling for the ASIC Financial Advisers Register (FAR) to be formalised and for the mandatory individual registration of all advisers. Under his recommendation, financial ...

Superannuation to face BEAR: Hayne

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2019
... players one year later. It requires an 'accountable person' that holds a board or senior executive position to register with APRA and conduct the business with honesty and integrity, and with due skill, care and diligence. There is no reason ...

Former adviser steals $5m from clients

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... currently on bail and is due to appear in the committal court on 27 February 2019. According to the ASIC Financial Advisers Register, Gibbs first began providing advice in 1991. He ceased as an adviser on 23 August 2016. He is listed as being a member ...

Tough quarter for world's largest pension fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... asset classes lost just under 18% and 16% respectively in investment returns. Domestic bonds were the only asset class to register a positive return in GPIF's portfolio in the quarter, going up 1% while the fund lost 2.7% on its foreign bonds holdings. ...

ASIC bans former NAB, CBA advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
... 2015. ASIC determined Nguyen was likely to contravene financial services law again. According to ASIC's Financial Adviser Register, Nguyen ceased as an adviser and as a representative of Interprac this week. The regulator also banned Matthew Geappen ...

FSC extends life code consultation deadline

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
The Financial Services Council is extending the consultation period for the second iteration of its life code until 31 January 2019. The draft FSC Life Insurance Code of Practice was first released for consultation in November 2018, proposing 30 changes ...

Pacific Current Group expands US investment

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
Pacific Current Group has invested in a US provider of financial adviser middle office services. Pacific Current Group (ASX:PAC) picked up a 10% stake in Independent Financial Partners, a "hybrid registered investment advisers platform" based in the ...

Royal Commissions puts pressure on finance sector job market: Sunsuper

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
Latest research from Sunsuper shows that despite the permanent job market actually rising over the last 12 months, the finance sector still took a significant hit in job demand. With the Royal Commission placing unprecedented scrutiny on the industry ...

Primary digs heels on Aurora fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... the fact that we are going in to investigate," Garton-Smith said. He said the Aurora fund's (ASX:ABW) shareholder register had about 370 names. Of this, a little under half voted at the Tuesday meeting and 91% of those who voted wanted to swap out ...

ATO and TPB terminate tax agents

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... registered tax agents would not be tolerated. "Tax practitioners must meet strict standards of fitness and propriety to register with the TPB, and we expect that they will continue to meet these standards," Taylor said. "It is extremely disappointing ...