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Freshwater Wealth launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2024
... private bank. Fuchs recently left Viridian to join Freshwater in March, while Harris was an adviser at Manly Financial Services until April. Perrett said the new practice aims to be a conduit to clients achieving lifestyle goals but also to identify ...

Forged documents see former adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2024
... "illustrative of a person who lacks the honesty, integrity, professionalism and trustworthiness to participate in the financial services and credit industries." Nairn did not attend a hearing or make written submissions, ASIC noted. Prior to being licensed ...

ASIC suspends AFSL for six managed investment schemes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2024
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has suspended the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) of Aurora Funds Management until 20 September 2024. Aurora is the responsible entity of six registered managed investment schemes ...

Former Queensland adviser struck off permanently

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2024
Former Sunshine Coast financial adviser Brett Gordon has been permanently banned from providing financial services and engaging in credit activities following his conviction for fraud offences last month. This prohibition extends to any role within ...

Employees will quit on full return-to-office orders: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024
Financial services professionals will threaten to quit if they are forced to go into the office five days a week, a Robert Walters survey finds. The survey based on more than 2000 Australian workers found that nine out of 10 will look for a new job ...

Former Life Plan FP adviser cops ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2024
... authorised representative of Hobart-based Life Plan FP from 23 March 2018 to 31 March 2021, breached various financial services laws and failed to understand his obligations under the Corporations Act as an adviser, according to an ASIC investigation. ...

SEC approves eight Ethereum ETFs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2024
... profile for cryptocurrency is progressing to become more mainstream. "There are ramifications for traditional financial services as the dynamics of crypto will change their structures forever," she said. "Equally, mainstream impacts will mature crypto ...

UK forewarns Australia on wholesale test changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024
... that could result in channels of funding dry up. A recent Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services inquiry is considering a refresh of the entire wholesale investor test framework. According to the terms of reference, the ...

Financial services workers eye earlier retirement

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024
Men and women who work in financial services intend to retire earlier compared to the average worker, new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reveals. Men who work in the finance and insurance industries intend to retire at 64 years ...

ASIC cancels Everest Asset Management's AFSL

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2024
... if a licensee fails to meet its general obligations under s912A. This includes the obligation to comply with financial services laws, including the requirement to lodge financial statements annually with ASIC," the regulator said. Everest is intertwined ...