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ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TRIBUNAL

Financial planning

What led an adviser to falsify his exam result?

A financial adviser describes how he reached “breaking point” over the FASEA system when he falsified his financial adviser exam result, while the judge shares why he var...

Financial planning

Former Sydney adviser banned for three years

Former adviser, Jim Pavlidis has been banned for three years after a review of his advice showed he failed to provide financial advice in the best interest of his clients...

Financial planning

AAT upholds SMSF adviser ban

The corporate regulator’s ban on Perth self-managed super fund adviser Wayne Blazejczyk has been upheld by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal....

Policy & Regulation

NSW financial adviser banned for three years

ASIC has banned Sydney adviser Tarandeep Aujla from providing financial services for three years for failing to act in his clients’ best interest....

Policy & Regulation

Federal court upholds banning of Sydney lawyer and account

An appeal by Sydney lawyer and accountant Yingjie Wang against his permanent banning from providing financial services has been dismissed by the Federal Court of Australi...

Accounting

AAT rejects application by former tax agent

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has rejected an application by a former tax agent to stay a Tax Practitioners Board decision to terminate his registration with the ma...

Superannuation

AAT decision puts past offenders on notice

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has upheld a decision to refuse Superannuation Warehouse’s application for a limited Australian financial services licence, after its ...

Policy & Regulation

AAT reduces advisers’ bans by 8.5 years

Two former Macquarie advisers have seen their banning periods by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission reduced, following an appeal to the Administrative A...

Financial planning

ASIC bans inadequately trained planner

A Hobart financial planner who was not sufficiently trained, despite holding a Diploma of Financial Planning from Kaplan, or competent to provide financial services has b...

Policy & Regulation

When being a chartered accountant is not enough

Having an unblemished record as a chartered accountant is not justification in itself for being granted an Australian Financial Services License, according to the Adminis...

Financial planning

Victorian financial planner permanently banned

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has permanently banned Victorian financial planner, Ahmed Saad of Glenroy, from providing financial services....

Policy & Regulation

ASIC slaps 8-year ban on former director of derivatives issuer

The securities regulator has banned Yossef Ashkenazi of Victoria from providing financial services for a period of eight years....

Policy & Regulation

TPB signals focus on professional standards

The Tax Practitioners Board has revealed it currently has around 400 current investigations into tax practitioners, as the Federal Court upholds its decision to ban a for...

Financial planning

AAT grants stay of adviser ban

The AAT has granted a stay of a permanent ban of a former RI Advice Group adviser after finding the adviser had not acted dishonestly in the intervening five years since ...

Financial planning

ASIC bans financial adviser for five years

ASIC has banned Roan Financial Group’s Darren Tindall from providing financial services for five years after the FPA received a complaint against him for dishonest conduc...