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Former Westpac planner banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
ASIC has banned a former Westpac financial planner after he was found to have applied a 'one size fits all' advice model. Anthony Bishop of Chelmer, Queensland has been banned from providing financial services for eight years. He provided inappropriate ...

BlackRock to combine insto and retail distribution teams

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
BlackRock Australia has merged its institutional and retail distribution teams and made senior hires from Vanguard, FIIG Securities, Rothschild and BT Financial Group. Following the merger of the two teams, Jason Collins has taken on an expanded role ...

Former adviser receives jail sentence

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016
A former financial adviser was sentenced to seven years imprisonment following charges brought by ASIC. Darren Wise, formerly of Rhodes New South Wales, pleaded guilty to one count each of forgery and using forged documents fraud. Wise will be eligible ...

Company director jailed after mishandling funds

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
A former Gold Coast company director has been jailed for four years after he pleaded guilty to mishandling millions of dollars of company funds. Frederick Hansen pleaded guilty in the Southport District Court to two counts of dishonestly using his position ...

Impact investing driving advice growth

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
Demand for impact investing is expected to rapidly increase as a growing number of retail and institutional investors search for investments that provide both monetary and social returns. In the last five years there have been 96 reported impact investments ...

ASIC bans deceptive adviser

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
ASIC has permanently banned a Queensland financial adviser from providing financial services after he failed to comply with financial services laws. George Karakatsanis of Yeronga was banned after ASIC found he engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct ...

Elders celebrates award winners

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
Elders Financial Planning has rewarded excellence in financial advice by naming its award recipients across the dealer group and announcing the first two recipients of its education scholarship program. Announced at the Elders Financial Planning Conference ...

New CEO for Port of Melbourne

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
The Lonsdale Consortium has appointed a new chief executive officer of Port of Melbourne. Effective from financial close of the 50 year lease transaction with the Victorian Government (expected to be 31 October), Brendan Bourke will take on the role. ...

ASIC permanently bans jailed adviser

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016
ASIC has permanently banned a financial adviser after she was sentenced to imprisonment for fraud and stealing. Queensland based Linda Whelan was permanently banned from providing financial services or engaging in credit activity after she was sentenced ...

AZ NGA subsidiary makes first acquisition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
AZ NGA subsidiary Logiro has acquired a Queensland advice practice. The advisory firm, which partnered with AZ NGA three months ago, has nearly doubled its size with the purchase of Aspire Strategic Retirement Specialists (Aspire). Aspire services more ...