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Landmark advice reforms pass Senate

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017
... Life Insurance Framework is wider than the Bill. It includes broadening Approved Product Lists, simplifying Statements of Advice, and very importantly a life insurer Code of Practice. Progress has been made in these areas, but more work is required," ...

ASIC bans former AMP adviser

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
... from 16 December 2011 to 2 April 2015. An ASIC investigation found that McCarthy had created and backdated Statements of Advice and Authority to Proceed documents and forged client signatures to comply with an AMP Financial Planning audit in March 2015. ...

ASIC bans deceptive adviser

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
... needs when recommending they invest in Protect Ensure Failed to provide appropriate advice Failed to provide Statements of Advice As a result of Karakatsanis' conduct, in part, clients' funds were improperly used to pay Protect Ensure's business related ...

ASIC bans Brisbane life adviser

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
... providing financial advice. ASIC's investigation found Young had failed to: Provide appropriate detail in Statements of Advice to allow clients to make informed decisions about his advice Keep proper records and in some cases created false or misleading ...

Another former AMP planner cops ban

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
... banned Damian O'Rourke after it found he failed to provide appropriate advice, failed to provide clients with statements of advice (SoA) and borrowed considerable amounts of money from clients, most of which he did not repay. O'Rourke, of Brisbane, was ...

Libertas launches licensing to attract SMSF specialists

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... package includes customised software that will guide the adviser through the compliance process and generates Statements of Advice (SOA). The software will also include a suite of client letter templates to use for unlicensed accounting work when providing ...

ASIC bans ex-NAB planner from the industry

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
... allowed him to deposit "excessive" client fees into his personal account and failed to provide a client with statements of advice. ASIC also noted that it was NAB which alerted the regulator to Bhimani's misconduct and refunded affected clients. This ...

Midwinter partners with Licensing for Accountants

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... features to ensure the limited advice provided by accountants meets the requirements of the licensing regime. Statements of advice (SOA) have also been incorporated into the AdviceOS software, allowing for simple advice to be produced in under an hour ...

ASIC accepts ClearView adviser EU

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
... clients without considering their "relevant personal circumstances" and omitted important information from statements of advice. ASIC also alleged Churchill misrepresented the benefits of level and stepped premiums and "limited the advice in some cases ...

ASIC hits ex-ANZ adviser with ban

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2016
... during which he was an authorised ANZ representative. ASIC alleged that Cheung forged client signatures on statements of advice, investment and withdrawal forms and created false bank and advisory service forms. Cheung has made an appeal to the Administrative ...