Troubled insurer Freedom Insurance Group has reported a loss of $33.4 million for the half-year ending 31 December 2018, weeks after it had shut down its financial advice licensee Spectrum Wealth Advisers.
Spectrum Wealth Advisers shut down its AFSL because it was unable to continue meeting its ‘key person’ requirement due to the departure of a number of personnel who were performing duties on behalf of the company with respect to its financial services business.
In a statement to the ASX, Freedom Insurance Group said the result reflects a number of events affecting the Freedom business, including the:
“With Freedom winding down its remaining operations, the role of CEO has been made redundant and as a result Sean Williamson will leave Freedom in early August,” Freedom Insurance said.
“Freedom would like to recognise the significant contribution Sean has made in navigating Freedom through what has been a complex and difficult process.”
Adrian Flores is a deputy editor at Momentum Media, focusing mainly on banking, wealth management and financial services. He has also written for Public Accountant, Accountants Daily and The CEO Magazine.
You can contact him on [email protected].
Macquarie Bank will pay a $10 million penalty for failures related to preventing and detecting unauthorised fee ...
The Financial Advice Association Australia has argued strongly against the implementation of the CSLR, calling the ...
A financial advice firm has seen a decline of 10 advisers this week with all moving to a new licensee, while Centrepoint ...
Never miss the stories that impact the industry.
Get the latest news! Subscribe to the ifa bulletin