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UK advisers told to review retirement advice processes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... recorded even where information on file suggested vulnerability may have been present knowledge and experience of investments and understanding of risk was either recorded at a high level, inconsistently or not supported by the information on file expenditure ...

ASIC warns it can't take action on every case of misconduct

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) commissioner Alan Kirkland has admitted the regulator can't fight every battle of misconduct, but that doesn't mean it's not watching. Speaking at the Blockchain APAC Policy Week event, Kirkland ...

Third person pleads guilty in Courtenay House Ponzi scheme

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... which he believed to be, the proceeds of crime. This money came in the form of commissions received for promoting investments in Courtenay House, despite it being unlicensed. Sipina has become the third person to plead guilty to criminal charges associated ...

ASIC bans Queensland financial adviser

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has permanently banned Queensland-based financial adviser Shane Rose. Rose has been banned from providing any financial services, performing any function involved in the carrying on of a financial ...

Mayfair 101 regains control of assets, liquidators abandon claims

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024
... about $44 million, Mayfair 101 said. "Under the settlement Mayfair 101 retains full control of two technology-related investments, worth more than $10 million at cost, of which the liquidators previously sought to dispossess Mayfair 101. Mayfair 101 ...

UK manager recruits Australia head

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024
... sales executive was the managing director of Nomura Asset Management Australia. Earlier he spent six years at Russell Investments Australia as head of new business and held other senior roles at BNP Paribas Securities Services, Invesco and Bankers Trust. ...

Australian Retirement Trust announces new investment strategy and options

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024
... changing and will be implemented gradually between July 1 and September 30 this year. "We're changing the underlying investments of the strategy from Balanced, Retirement and Cash Pools to High Growth, Balanced and Cash Pools. Updating the age at ...

Advisers flock to managed accounts, but are very selective

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024
... use managed accounts as a core, long-term portfolio allocation solution, dedicating 60% of new client money to core investments, 55% of that core to managed accounts and they plan to keep the investment for an average of 7.8 years. "Forty-three per cent ...

AFCA secures $40m in refunds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
... the largest number of reports at 28, followed by superannuation with 11 reports, general insurance with six reports, investments and advice with three reports and life insurance with one. In superannuation, the issues included breaches of the SIS Act ...

FAAA calls on ATO to provide clarity over advice fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
... FAAA said the ATO should further refine its position where advisers are providing advice to clients with pre-existing investments to enable a broader set of scenarios where a deduction may be available. The call is part of the FAAA's submission in response ...