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AAT confirms ASIC planner ban

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has agreed with ASIC's decision to ban former Commonwealth Financial Planner Don Nguyen from providing financial services for seven years. Nguyen of Dulwich Hill, New South Wales, was disqualified by the Australian ...

Former Stonebridge broker banned for three years

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
ASIC has banned Pawel Kulisiewicz, of Pyrmont in New South Wales, from providing financial services for three years. The banning follows an investigation into Kulisiewicz's conduct while he was a broker at StoneBridge Securities Limited (StoneBridge). ...

H3 Global wins LG Super mandate

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
Westpac- linked H3 Global Advisers has been awarded a $55 million mandate by Local Government Super in New South Wales, pushing its total assets under management to over $600 million. H3 Global is 45% owned by Ascalon Capital Managers, which is fully ...

ASIC brings criminal charges against SMSF adviser

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
A New South Wales SMSF adviser has appeared in court, charged with obtaining money by deception and of making a false or misleading statement to ASIC. The investigation into Craig Gerard Dangar relates to his time as an adviser at SMSF Consultants in ...

BetaShares appoints new head of portfolio construction

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
Specialist ETF provider BetaShares has named Dr Tony Rumble in the newly created position of head of portfolio construction. Rumble's new role on the distribution team will see him lead BetaShares' asset allocation and portfolio construction strategy. ...

FSC chief made chair of Landcom

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
Head of the Financial Services Council John Brogden will step down from the board of the Sydney Ports Corporation in the wake of his appointment as chair of another state owned body. New South Wales Planning Minister Brad Hazzard announced on Friday ...

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank buys Bank of Cyprus Australia

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has acquired 100% of the Bank of Cyprus Australia for $130 million with a $120 million share placement to selected institutional investors also underway. Bendigo and Adelaide Bank (BEN) reached agreement with the Bank of Cyprus ...

BT aligned advice boutique appoints new chief

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
Former Commonwealth Bank and Westpac executive Steve Watts has been appointed to the newly created chief executive role at Queensland advice boutique MQ Financial Services. MQ operates under the Magnitude Dealer Group license, which is part of BT Financial ...

Post-retirement risk in Australia: IMCA

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
The issue of post-retirement risk as a major challenge facing the financial services industry, was in the spotlight at the recent Investment Management Consultants Association conference in Sydney. Speakers at the Investment Management Consultants Association ...

Fund managers out-invest school kids

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
At this year's ASX Schools Sharemarket Games, the 60,000 participating school students showed that they have only half the skill of professionals investment managers. The results should come as welcome relief to managed funds investors throughout Australia ...