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Hostplus rejigs Maritime Super insurance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024
... of mind" to members and their beneficiaries. Moreover, Hostplus increased the maximum benefit available under Income Protection cover from $20,000 to $30,000 per month. Income protection benefits have been improved so that, instead of receiving 50-75% ...

Block Earner dodges massive fine

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024
The Federal Court has absolved Block Earner from paying a penalty for trading without a financial services licence, which ASIC believes should have been $350,000. While Judge Jackman determined that while Block Earner, which invested in cryptocurrency ...

Monochrome launches Bitcoin ETF amid first-mover dispute

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024
... Monochrome chief executive Jeff Yew said he is excited to bring the ETF to market. "This aligns with Monochrome's investor protection-driven mission to offer secure, compliant, and straightforward pathways to participate in this transformative space," ...

Former Queensland adviser struck off permanently

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2024
... his lack of effort to make restitution to his victims. Under the Corporations Act and the National Consumer Credit Protection Act, ASIC may permanently ban a person from the financial services and credit industries if they are convicted of fraud.

SEC approves eight Ethereum ETFs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2024
... said. "Equally, mainstream impacts will mature crypto at a pace, particularly in the areas of compliance and client protection. Each will improve the other. "Cryptocurrency and the blockchain economy are bigger than any one person or organisation. Its ...

Major themes to watch in the ETF space

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024
... in the face of rising rates, which is somewhat unusual," Metcalf said. "There is definitely an interest in downside protection, risk on events and trying to manage some of that. "One of the things we speak to clients about is the use of gold ETFs as ...

NEOS names retail, strategic sales leads

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
... development consultant after two years in the insurer's service consulting team. Before joining NEOS, Hom was at Certe Wealth Protection, and brings a background in paraplanning. Michael Stamos brings experience as a financial adviser to the new role ...

ClearView closes ClearChoice Super Rollover, launches trauma options

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024
... the ability for customers to hold trauma cover for longer by extending the expiry age to 70, up from age 65. Income protection waiting period definitions have also changed for all occupations. ClearView head of distribution and marketing Kathryn Williamson ...

'Just do what you say you'll do': ASIC's message to trustees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
ASIC commissioner Simone Constant says the regulator's new report on exorbitant advice fee deductions is not a criticism of advisers, rather of trustees failing basic obligations, with more still needing to be done by the reviewed funds some 12 ...

Betashares launches Australian Major Bank Subordinated Debt ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
... stability. At the same time, the income paid by these bonds varies in line with benchmark interest rates, offering protection against rising interest rates," Betashares said. Betashares chief executive Alex Vynokur added that BSUB offers investors "attractive ...
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