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Legalsuper hires from ART, Perpetual

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2022
A chief operating officer and a head of product will join the legalsuper leadership team following its restructure earlier this year. Trevin Erichsen has been appointed chief operating officer, joining from Australian Retirement Trust where he is currently ...

Annual IMAP awards finalists revealed

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022
The finalists for the 2022 IMAP Managed Account Awards have been named, including across a new category for ESG products. The awards cover Australian equities, Australian equities small cap, international equities and multi-asset products, as well as ...

OTC derivatives provider loses licence, executives banned

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022
Over-the-counter derivatives provider Sirius Financial Markets Pty Ltd has surrendered its AFSL and its former executives Jonathan Schneider and Oskar Pecyna have both been banned for eight years. ASIC reported that Sirius Financial, trading as Trade360 ...

Advice requirements confusing, complex: JAWG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
The Joint Associations Working Group has told the Quality of Advice Review to reduce compliance burdens and to enable the delivery of affordable, accessible advice to more consumers. In a statement, the collective of professional associations called ...

Former adviser wins appeal, convictions quashed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2022
... Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Queensland ordered Jayaweera face a retrial, on grounds including that the trial judge's directions to the jury resulted in a miscarriage of justice. Grounds of appeal raised during the appeal hearing included ...

Clear up uncertainty: AFA, FPA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2022
... alternative strategies and products; certainty enabling shorter advice documents; and increased certainty with how AFCA will judge complaints. The AFA also called for the introduction of a public forum for resolving regulatory uncertainty issues. "At ...

Defective disclosures see Avanteos Investments fined

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2022
... Custom Solutions, charged 499 deceased super members almost $700,000 in fees when it was not entitled to do so. The presiding judge labelled the conduct a "systemic breakdown", saying it was a "very serious failing of corporate governance and an example ...

Nader Naeimi promoted at GIC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2022
The well-known former AMP Capital executive has been made managing director at the Singapore sovereign wealth fund. Nader Naeimi, who was at AMP Capital for more than 20 years, is now managing director, portfolio manager and head of multi-asset, global ...

US Fed indicates several more half-percentage rate rises

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
At the latest Federal Reserve meeting most participants agreed that 50 basis point increases would likely be implemented in the coming months. As has been the case in prior meetings participants again agreed that the economic outlook was highly uncertain. ...

Former adviser sentenced over dishonesty

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2022
... during a hearing with an ASIC delegate. He also knowingly gave false testimony in that hearing, ASIC said. When sentenced, Judge McGrath stated that Nesseim had "weaved a tangled web; and ultimately entangled himself in his own falsehoods". "Had he admitted ...