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ESG impacts on US pension funds tested

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2023
... August 2022, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the trustees of the US$253.1 billion State Board of Administration (SBA) have banned ESG from considerations of the state's fund management practices. Twenty-five American Republican state attorneys ...

Cold calling advice firms called out

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2023
... parties to solicit business through cold calling. Unsolicited calls to consumers about superannuation advice should be banned, the industry body said in its pre-budget submission, adding that it is aware of several financial advice businesses employing ...

ASIC bans Gold Coast businessman

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2023
ASIC has banned a Gold Coast director from providing financial services for four years after discovering his business leased an algorithmic trading program and operated without a licence. Gregory William Finerty, the sole director of Bradford AI, has ...

Former planner pleads guilty to dishonest conduct

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2023
... including Ostrava Equities, which was authorised to provide financial advice and deal in financial products, and that he was banned from providing financial services by order of the Federal Court. The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions is prosecuting ...

APRA slaps conditions on Diversa

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2023
... Appeals Tribunal overturned a ban on Spaceship's former chair Paul Dortkamp, while its former chief executive was also banned in 2022 after he was found to have dishonestly obtained a qualification by having a subordinate employee complete his assessments. ...

Adviser who faked signatures sentenced in court

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2023
... falsification of such records 'is a breach of trust of those who you're engaged to act for." In 2019, ASIC permanently banned Nguyen from providing financial services. He was officially charged on June 24 of last year. The matter was prosecuted by the ...

AAT upholds AFSL cancellation

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2023
... adequately trained or competent, and that the firm did not have a compliant dispute resolution system in place. It also banned Olive's former director Scott John Morrison from providing financial services for seven years. Following a hearing in early ...

Former fund manager employee permanently banned

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2023
Former Eight Investment Partners fund manager Andrew Jung-Woo Kim has been permanently banned by ASIC after being found to engage in dishonest conduct. Kim worked for Eight Investment Partners (Eight IP) on various dates between August 2018 to August ...

AAT overturns ban on former Spaceship chair

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2023
... aside," Rayment said. "Instead, a banning order will not be made." Former Spaceship chief executive Paul Bennetts was also banned in 2022 after he was found to have dishonestly obtained his Australian Institute of Company Directors qualification by having ...

Former adviser sees ban reduced

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2023
... Sherwal. Sherwal, who was an authorised representative of six different licensees over the past seven years, was originally banned in June 2021 from providing financial services and performing any function in a financial services business for a period ...