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ASIC appeals judge's call to not penalise Block Earner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2024
... Court's recent decision to not issue a penalty to Block Earner after it was found to have provided unlicensed financial services. In November 2022, ASIC commenced civil penalty proceedings against Block Earner, which offered a range of fixed-yield earning ...

Apex, ACA partner to broaden client services

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2024
... private equity, hedge fund, and real asset managers of all sizes, as well as those seeking global expansion. The financial services firm's statement also said that the collaboration brings together two globally recognised organisations with complementary ...

Australian Retirement Trust people chief to depart

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2024
... the people team with extensive capability in transformational change. With 30 years' experience in the financial services industry and over 20 years of human resource expertise, her focus is building organisational capability, developing leaders ...

APRA updates industry on operational resilience guidance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2024
... said operational resilience was becoming increasingly important in the digital financial age. "Disruptions to financial services can have a major impact on people who rely on them to save, spend, recover from financial loss or support themselves in retirement," ...

Fiducian welcomes two practices

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2024
Fiducian Financial Services has added two practices based in Victoria and the Northern Territory to its network. Gurbinder Gill, the principal and financial adviser of Gill Private Wealth, which operates in Victoria's Burwood, joins the ASX-listed firm. ...

AFCA seeks industry feedback on approaches

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2024
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) is seeking feedback from the financial services industry on its proposed annual Approach document schedule for financial year 2024-2025. AFCA Approach documents support consumers, small businesses ...

Super Members Council renews calls for anti-hawking extension

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2024
... advisers. Last year, the UK government announced it would extend its own anti-hawking provisions to cover all financial services in a bid to curb the rise in consumer losses related to scams. In January 2019, the UK outlawed cold calling in relation ...

What's keeping the Treasurer up at night?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2024
... billion of investment by 2050 to transition the energy system and realise net zero opportunities. He said the "financial services industry will play a central role," particularly in how private capital is attracted and deployed. On the government's end ...

Most in-demand skills for financial services workers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024
Recruitment at all levels across most categories in the financial services industry has been lacklustre over the 2023/24 year, but there are some skills highly in demand, according to new data from Perceptor. The one exception has been insurance, which ...

Advice reforms draft laws consultation opens

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024
... authorise ongoing advice fees to be deducted from a financial product. The bill proposes that advisers should make Financial Services Guides (FSG) easier to provide to retail clients. They can continue to provide clients an FSG or make information in ...