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ASIC issues spate of bans as dodgy advisers lurk

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  • September 21 2018
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ASIC issues spate of bans as dodgy advisers lurk

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September 21 2018

The corporate regulator has issued a range of disciplinary actions this week, after concerns consumer protections were being compromised by suspect advice services.

ASIC issues spate of bans as dodgy advisers lurk

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The corporate regulator has issued a range of disciplinary actions this week, after concerns consumer protections were being compromised by suspect advice services.

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ASIC banned two advisers, formerly authorised to operate by Macquarie, from providing financial services for 10 years earlier this week.

The corporate regulator found NSW-based Mark Alexander Landau and South Australia-based Marcus Roderick Campbell engaged in conduct that was “deliberate and dishonest and involved continued, knowing and wilful contraventions of the law.”

ASIC also permanently banned Queensland-based Benjamin Fletcher from providing financial and credit services, after having been convicted twice in 2014 for a number of fraud-related offences under the Queensland Criminal Code.

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The banning of Mr Fletcher came about after ASIC and the Queensland Police Service conducted a joint agency surveillance campaign to identify criminal syndicates and outlaw motorcycle gang members with dishonesty convictions from managing corporations or operating a business under a business name.

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The corporate regulator has been under pressure to capture poor financial advice, particularly from bank-authorised advisers, in the wake of the royal commission.

ASIC for its handling of a penalty to CBA. The royal commission heard last week that CBA got a 96 per cent penalty discount despite misleading consumers in its advertising.

ASIC also allowed CBA to draft the media release regarding the penalty.

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