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ASIC cracks down on Prospero for reporting failures

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2024
... the Corporations Act. Its investigation commenced on 16 November 2023 and is looking back as far as 1 March 2021. In December, Prospero was requested by ASIC to provide an undertaking promising not to deal with client funds without ASIC's permission. ...

Inflation eases to 4.3%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2024
... of discounts in November. Shoppers may have also brought forward some Christmas spending that would usually happen in December." "The popularity of Black Friday events is affecting spending patterns in the lead up to Christmas. This causes more volatile ...

BlackRock to cull 3% of global workforce

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2024
... January and another headcount trim in June due to budget reallocations. BlackRock had 19,800 employees at the end of December 2022, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

More outflows for Platinum

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2024
... Management reported another month of net outflows as the fund manager confirmed the start date of its new chief executive. In December 2023, Platinum recorded net outflows of about $235 million to finish the year with $15.4 billion in total funds under ...

Insignia Financial class action dismissed by court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2024
... the Royal Commission and other circumstances. The accusations were rejected by the Honourable Justice Anderson on 20 December 2023, saying: "The evidence as a whole, does not rise to the level of establishing a problem with IOOF's culture, systems ...

ASIC permanently bans adviser who stole client funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2024
... as SKR Private and Synergy Equities Group. ASIC has now cancelled this company's AFSL as well. The ban was effective 5 December 2023. According to ASIC's Financial Adviser Register, between September 2010 and January 2015, Pagliaccio jumped between at ...

Zurich cleared by Federal Court in life insurance dispute

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2024
... avoid the policy. Nevertheless, Federal Court Justice Jackman dismissed all of ASIC's claims in a decisive ruling on 21 December 2023, exonerating Zurich of the alleged breaches. Post-verdict, ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court remarked that the regulator ...

Former director sentenced to over four years imprisonment

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2023
... in property developments, however, only a small portion was invested accordingly. Meanwhile, from 14 July 2016 to 23 December 2019, Naseeruddin further exploited his position as director of Secure Investments, extracting more than $550,000 from the company's ...

Industry funds gear up for brand transformation post-merger

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2023
... chief executive of Mine Super, to helm the merged entity. The two funds first announced they were exploring a merger in December 2022, saying "the two funds share a strong heritage of "member first values" as historically important profit to member industry ...

Federal Court appoints receivers to investigate Brite Advisors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2023
... The receivers were subsequently designated as investigative accountants by the court and submitted a report to it on December 8. The court's decision to appoint them as receivers was based on serious and wide-ranging concerns identified by ASIC and the ...