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ASIC permanently bans former Apogee adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
... illegally took $1.4 million from superannuation accounts. ASIC's investigation of Ahmed Saad found he engaged in dishonest conduct on 164 separate occasions by illegally obtaining funds between $1000 and $28,000 from client superannuation accounts. This ...

Former adviser jailed, ASIC posts FY18 stats

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
... benefited Birk's father financially. ASIC said that Gold Coast-based Birk gained about $800,000 from his dishonest conduct. ASIC commissioner Danielle Press said Birk's actions were dishonest and betrayed the trust of his clients. "Today's ...

AAT overrides adviser ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
... decided a former OnePath financial adviser who was permanently banned by ASIC did not engage in misleading or dishonest conduct. ASIC announced it permanently banned Robert Hutchison on 11 June 2017 for double charging clients and falsifying records. ...

Former Macquarie advisers banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2018
Two former Macquarie financial advisers received ASIC bans for dishonest conduct, including deliberate attempts to mislead the institution's compliance team. Mark Alexander Landau and Marcus Roderick Campbell have both been banned from providing financial ...

Former Financial Wisdom adviser banned

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
... providing financial services. Koresh Daniel Houghton was found to have engaged in misleading, deceptive and dishonest conduct and failed to act in his clients' best interests when providing advice. ASIC's surveillance of Houghton found that Houghton ...

ASIC flags stronger adviser surveillance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2017
... within financial services related to credit and lending (59%), followed by other miscellaneous misconduct (30%), dishonest conduct and misleading statements (8%), and theft, fraud and misappropriation (3%). When it came to corporate governance misconduct ...

ASIC bans ex-AMP adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2017
... integrity of such records. The corporate watchdog decided to ban Fong permanently on the grounds he engaged in dishonest conduct relating to client records and applications for financial products, and did not leave clients in a better position after ...

ASIC bans Melbourne insurance broker

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
... hearing the regulator found that Doring, manager of Phil Doring Insurance Brokers (PDIB) deliberately engaged in dishonest conduct by misappropriating money from the PDIB trust account. Steadfast Group Limited, a dealer group of which PDIB was a member ...

FPA expels cheating member

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
... representative of Roan Financial Group, and Tindall Asset Management Trust financial planner, Darren Tindall for dishonest conduct in relation to an online insurance application. In 2014, the FPA received a complaint concerning Tindall's conduct in late ...

ASIC bans SA insurance broker

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
... managed to secure more than $155,000 by doing this, and was also paid commissions totalling more than $1705. "Dishonest conduct will not be tolerated by ASIC. Consumers are entitled to expect that insurance brokers will uphold the highest standards of ...