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Hostplus rejects anti-competitive behaviour claims

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... pointed out that Hostplus misled the government in its submission, which stated that Employment Hero does not have appropriate AFSL arrangements despite knowing that it does. In its response to the consultation, Rest also called for a ban on commercial ...

ASIC takes further action on Prospero

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... priority" and that the best way to secure the efficient return of funds to clients is to appoint liquidators. Prospero's AFSL enabled it to issue and make a market in derivatives and foreign exchange contracts, deal in derivatives and foreign exchange ...

DASS settlement pending court approval, victims urged to claim

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... April 2024 to do so. "They have 'at least' until 8 April 2024 because the Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) held by Dixon Advisory was cancelled by ASIC on 5 April 2023," Mackay Chapman executive counsel Matthew Kennedy and director ...

ASIC files lawsuit against unlicensed director, companies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2024
... 169 investors, including for the development of a product by Kradle Software. During this time, MacroLend has not held an AFSL. In courting investors, ASIC claims Hodgson told them Kradle Software held intangible assets of $1.02 billion when it did not ...

New chair for iExtend

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2024
... Rodney Payne as chair of the life insurance start-up. The appointment comes as iExtend is in the throes of applying for an AFSL; in November it entered an enforceable undertaking with ASIC after it was found to be operating without one. For the time ...

Jailed adviser permanently banned by ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2024
... the time, he was sole director and shareholder of Platinum Perpetual Global Private Wealth. In September 2019, the firm's AFSL was cancelled in September 2019 after he was charged over the conduct by Western Australia police. At that time, he was charged ...

Crypto fintech needed AFSL, court says

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024
ASIC has had its first court win in relation to cryptocurrency, with fintech Block Earner found to have offered a financial product to retail investors without a licence. However, it was a mixed outcome for the regulator, with another allegation quashed. ...

ASIC chases 757 adviser registrations

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2024
... advice services." From February 16, those who are unregistered are in breach of a restricted civil penalty provision; the AFSL provider will have committed an offence of strict liability and contravened a civil penalty provision. Phil Anderson, the general ...

J.P. Morgan Asset Management enhances adviser portal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024
... advisers and their clients changes from "what if" into "what to do" which is much more meaningful." Advisers with a valid AFSL can register for access now.

SMSF scammers charged with criminal offences

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2024
A duo who allegedly defrauded self-managed super funds (SMSF) have been charged by the Melbourne Magistrates Court with a string of criminal offences. The charges follow an ASIC investigation into the activities of Joseph Cullia and Zoran Markovic ...