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Financial services class actions surge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... relating to statements about compliance with data-handling and cybersecurity obligations. These types of claims are high risk for consumer-facing organisations, especially those with a significant volume of personal and sensitive data-including those ...

Investors livid over fresh portfolio valuation: Mayfair 101

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2024
... interest, fees and expenses on top of a $14.2 million loan facility from the sale of properties ASIC deemed speculative and high risk. McGrathNicol is estimated to receive about $3.5 million in fees. "This means Mayfair's investment in Mission Beach ...

Changing retirement landscape needs regulatory framework: Actuaries Institute

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023
... varying depending on whether personal advice is simple or low risk, comprehensive or medium risk, or complex, which is high risk," he said. "The aim of this framework should be to expand the supply of HGA, making it easier for consumers to obtain the ...

K2 told to freeze distribution of fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2023
... hold the fund as a core component of their portfolio, despite the fund have very low diversification and being such high risk. It also said the target market included investors focused on capital preservation or income generation, despite capital loss ...

FSCP issues slap on the wrist to adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
... client's superannuation and insurance needs are often closely linked, and trying to address one without the other is high risk scoping or scaling of advice," he said.

Super fund satisfaction still poor: Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2023
... FEAL Superannuation CX Benchmarking report found 25% of members who had recently engaged with their super fund are at a high risk of taking their retirement savings elsewhere. This is up from 23% last year. At the highest risk are members under 55 years ...

Anti-hawking laws could dampen super fund advice: Academic

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023
... advice firm hiring an intermediary to cold call a super fund member. The member is told the super fund provider is "high risk" and scares the member into thinking funds will go to the government upon death. The member is then sent application forms to ...

APAC now most active region for VC: Data

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2023
APAC venture capital (VC) assets under management climbed to $1.21 trillion in September last year, surpassing North America's $1.04 trillion. According to Preqin's Alternatives in APAC 2023 report, since the pandemic, APAC has overtaken North ...

Wage increases to offset more rate hikes: Experts

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
... said. "We think we will probably get one more, most likely in July but you can't rule out next week; there is a high risk it could come next week." HSBC chief economist Australia and New Zealand Paul Bloxham agreed with Oliver's point. "The decision ...

Spaceship told to cease super, funds distribution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
... market," it said. ASIC held similar concerns about the Voyager Funds, saying the risk profiles of the products (very high risk) did not match those of the target markets (medium and high). The TMDs also stated a potential investment timeframe of two ...
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