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Former BBY operations lead sentenced

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2023
The former head of operations of collapsed stockbroker BBY was sentenced on three charges of dishonestly obtaining a financial advantage. Between June 2013 and May 2015, while BBY's head of operations, Fiona Mae Bilton deceived St George Bank in related ...

Perth-based Ponzi scheme shut down by court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2023
A Perth woman has been permanently banned from running a financial services business, while the $11 million illegal investment scheme she ran will be wound up. Monica Kaur, through her business MKS Property Investments/Developments, encouraged around ...

Women in Super appoints chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2023
Kara Keys has stepped down as chair of Women in Super, replaced by ESSSuper chief executive Robbie Campo. Women in Super confirmed the appointment of its new chair this week, with Campo stepping up from the role of policy committee chair. Keys has held ...

Australian Retirement Trust makes three leadership appointments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023
There is a new chief member officer, chief of staff and executive general manager of advice, guidance and education at Australian Retirement Trust (ART). In March, and about a year on from its creation, ART overhauled its executive team to better position ...

Co-heads take charge of FI&C at BNP Paribas APAC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023
The BNP Paribas Securities Services division has appointed new co-heads of the Financial Intermediaries and Corporates (FI&C) Client Line in the Asia Pacific. BNP Paribas has promoted Hugues Williamson and Mark Wootton as co-heads of the FI&C client ...

Director charged over illegal investment scheme

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023
A former financial adviser is facing several charges of dishonest conduct and dealing in proceeds of crime after he convinced clients to open SMSFs to invest in businesses he owned, all while operating unlicensed. Ashley Vincent Arandez fronted the ...

AMP offloads SuperConcepts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023
An investor group comprising private equity firm Pemba Capital Partners and several advice industry executives is buying the SMSF administration business and its SuperMate solution. AMP is selling SuperConcepts to Pemba Capital Partners, which is co-investing ...

Coinbase sued as US crackdown continues

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a suit against Coinbase for, among other things, allowing users to trade unregistered securities. It follows Binance being sued just yesterday. The SEC has accused Coinbase of breaking market rules ...

Super funds pursue merger, chief executive chosen

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023
A year on from confirming merger discussions, Active Super and Vision Super have signed a Heads of Agreement and selected the chief executive of the combined fund. The two funds first signed a Memorandum of Understanding in June 2022. Today, they confirmed ...

SEC sues Binance, chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2023
The Securities and Exchange Commission is suing the world's largest crypto exchange and its chief executive Changpeng Zhao for allegedly lying to regulators and mishandling billions of investor dollars. Binance Holdings, BAM Trading Services, BAM Management ...