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Victorian AR charged with providing unlicensed advice

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2022
Former authorised representative Nizi Bhandari has been charged with engaging in dishonest conduct and providing unlicensed personal financial product advice. Between November 2017 and December 2020, Bhandari was an AR of The Australian Dealer Group ...

Natalie Cameron named AFCA lead ombudsman

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has appointed Natalie Cameron as its new lead ombudsman for banking and finance. Cameron moves into the position from her current appointment as lead ombudsman for investments and advice at AFCA. She has ...

Australian corporate debt dwindles: Janus Henderson

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2022
Janus Henderson analysis found that Australian corporate debt has fallen 21.5% over 12 months because of booming cash flows from local miners. Sharp rebounds in profits among Australian companies along with debt repayments have pushed Australia's corporate ...

UK regulator appoints Camille Blackburn to leadership team

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2022
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is bolstering its leadership team with six new appointments, including former ASIC and Westpac senior executive Camille Blackburn as director of wholesale buy-side. Blackburn will join the FCA in October from Legal ...

TWUSUPER adds fee to combat cross subsidisation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2022
The super fund will begin charging insured members an administration fee to make costs fairer for those without insurance. From August 1, TWUSUPER members with insurance cover will be charged 3% of their gross insurance premiums each month as a separate ...

MLC Life appoints chief risk officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2022
The life insurer has hired a senior iCare NSW executive to the role. Jane McGovern will take over as MLC Life's chief risk officer on September 19. She replaces acting chief risk officer Edwina Star who had joined from PwC in March following the ...

More than 1700 advisers gone already

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2022
As we officially hit the mid-way point of the year, the latest data from ASIC shows more than 1700 financial advisers have dropped off its register since January. Analysis of the ASIC Financial Adviser Register shows there is now 16,413 financial advisers ...

ASIC takes Mercer Financial Advice to court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022
Mercer Financial Advice is being sued by ASIC over fee for no service conduct that continued after the Royal Commission and impacted members of both a corporate and government super fund. The regulator alleges that between July 2016 and June 2019 Mercer ...

TIP Group appoints senior executives

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022
Teaminvest Private Group (TIP) has appointed Timothy Wong as its new head of TIP Equity and Michael Baragwanath as its new head of wealth. Effective July 1, Wong will be running the firm's private equity division and Baragwanath will oversee the group's ...

Andrew Formica to return to Australia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2022
Andrew Formica will step down as chief executive of Jupiter Fund Management, the role he took on after leaving Janus Henderson in late 2018. Formica has notified Jupiter's board that he intends to retire as chief executive and a director on its ...