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ASIC permanently bans David Sutton

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2023
... disqualified him from managing corporations for five years. The regulator also cancelled the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) of McFaddens Securities, now known by its previous name APC Securities. ASIC's doubts surfaced following Sutton's ...

Anti-hawking laws could dampen super fund advice: Academic

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023
... trustees do not want to take the risk," he said. Not all super funds currently offer intra-fund advice. Trustees without a licence to provide personal advice can include lifetime pensions in their own superannuation calculators and interactive retirement ...

Equity Trustees reviews UK, Ireland businesses

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2023
EQT Holdings, the parent company of Equity Trustees, is reviewing its investment and scrutinising the future of its operations in the UK and Ireland. Equity Trustees' managing director Mick O'Brien commented: "While the businesses are now well established ...

Perth-based Ponzi scheme shut down by court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2023
... property investments and developments set up by MKS Property. It was an unregistered managed investment scheme without a licence or required registration. ASIC alleged at least $11.3 million was invested, some was repaid as returns while much was lost. ...

Director charged over illegal investment scheme

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023
... carrying on a financial services business without an AFSL. From June 2019, Arandez was operated the business without a licence. Prior, he was licensed through SIRA Group for three months in 2015 and then by Diverse Advisers between June 2015 and June ...

Collapsed trading house hit with charges

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023
... an auditor of Berndale about overseas bank accounts containing Berndale funds. Berndale's Australian financial services licence required it to maintain a minimum level of net tangible assets and lodge audited financial reports. ASIC alleged the relevant ...

Former fund manager director convicted

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2023
... imprisonment for falsifying documents and providing false information to an auditor. Grofski, whose financial services licence was cancelled by ASIC in 2020, was first charged for dishonest conduct in May 2021. The court determined that as director of ...

ASIC revokes Centurion subsidiary licence, suspends fund manager

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2023
... cancelled the AFSL of Centurion Custodian Funds Management and suspended Huntley Management for non-compliance. The AFS licence of Centurion Custodian Funds Management, a subsidiary of Centurion, has been cancelled effective from January 18. ASIC took ...

BNPL to be regulated under Credit Act

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
... credit products," said Jones. He explained that under the plan BNPL providers will be required to hold an Australian credit licence, comply with responsible lending obligations and meet statutory dispute resolution and hardship requirements. Further ...

Finfluencers bridge financial advice gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2023
One year since ASIC forced finfluencers to obtain a general advice licence or else, finfluencers playing by the rules are reaching financially illiterate and disengaged Australians in a way that traditional advice has failed to. Finfluencers backed ...