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Sexism in the City: UK financial sector slammed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... with verbal abuse - some 10 percentage points more than other industries, the report said. It said the misuse of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to silence victims and push them out of their jobs while perpetrators go unpunished is particularly concerning. ...

ASX settles $1.05m fine for transparency failures

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... to meet pre-trade transparency rules on 8417 occasions from April 2019 to December 2022. The rules mandate that ASX disclosure specific order details on its trading system. However, due to a system misconfiguration, it didn't provide required information ...

Iress share price jumps on takeover rumours

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2024
... potential control transaction for Iress," Iress wrote, adding that is complying with the ASX's Listing Rule 3.1 Continuous disclosure. The ASX-listed firm has been actively offloading business units that are not adding value to its core businesses of ...

Bloom Impact, MSC pulled up for greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024
... 2022 to June 2023, MSC, as trustee and responsible entity of the Bloom Fund, made statements in the fund's product disclosure statement (PDS) that said the fund would seek to avoid the investment of the fund's assets in a range of excluded activities ...

GBST upgrades WealthConnect platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... "This supports compliance practice and minimises interaction oversight to improve accuracy in client communication and disclosure consent," GBST said. GBST head of APAC Jeff Hall said the company is committed to advancing its advice solutions products. ...

VanEck failed to disclose influencer's role in ETF launch: SEC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
... accurate disclosures, especially when involving issues that can impact the advisory contract... VanEck Associates' disclosure failures concerning this high-profile fund launch limited the board's ability to consider the economic impact of the ...

ASIC files lawsuit against unlicensed director, companies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2024
... obligations as a responsible entity. Exalt Global Funds Limited was found to have made misleading statements in product disclosure statements about the level of risk associated with the Paladin Monetizer Fund; didn't keep proper financial records for ...

AMP reports boost in IFA flows, mulls advice unit options

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2024
... prior corresponding period. The six months saw AMP settle the Buyer of Last Resort (BOLR) and breaches of continuous disclosure obligations actions - both of which it did not admit liability to. AMP chief executive Alexis George reinforced that the firm ...

ASIC issues interim stop orders against Keystone

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024
... defective and not worded and presented in a clear, concise, and effective manner." ASIC said it is concerned the product disclosure statements (PDS) contain misleading statements regarding Keystone's legal role in unregistered schemes the fund invests ...

Westpac loses Ausgrid rate swap case

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024
... the market prior to execution. The Court added that Westpac failed to obtain client consent or give full and clear disclosure as to the extent of the pre-hedging and, once Westpac commenced on-market pre-hedging trades, the consortium could not protect ...