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FSCP issues slap on the wrist to adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
... insurance or conduct an insurance-needs analysis," the panel determined. "The advice was also inappropriately scoped being limited to superannuation products only when the clients were also seeking retirement planning advice." Subsequently, the adviser ...

Active Super to face action over greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
... exposed members to securities it claimed to restrict." Some of the holdings included: Gambling : Skycity Entertainment Group Limited, PointsBet Holdings Limited, The Star Entertainment Group Limited, The Lottery Corporation Limited and Tabcorp Holdings ...

Former advisers costs CBA $1.2bn in remediation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
... The former aligned advisers were representative of Financial Wisdom, Count Financial and Commonwealth Financial Planning Limited-Pathways. CBA sold Count Financial to Count in October 2019 and stopped providing licensee services through CFP-Pathways ...

Treasury consults again on FFSP exemptions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2023
... financial services licence if offering services to professional investors from outside of Australia, including during limited marketing visits, provided those visits don't exceed 28 calendar days. This will replace the existing exemption, with the government ...

Government cracks down following PwC scandal

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2023
... ATO and Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) will have the freedom to refer ethical misconduct by advisers, including but not limited to confidentiality breaches, to professional associations for disciplinary action. Going forward, whistleblowers providing ...

Are indexes the next target for greenwashing investigations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2023
... noted it has undertaken "a range of measures to strengthen the end-to-end product disclosure process including but not limited to our range of ESG offerings. A spokesperson for ASIC confirmed to FS Sustainability that Bloomberg and MSCI do not hold any ...

Fitch downgrades US credit rating

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023
... spending initiatives, have contributed to successive debt increases over the last decade. Additionally, there has been only limited progress in tackling medium-term challenges related to rising social security and Medicare costs due to an aging population." ...

ASIC sues Vanguard for greenwash in bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023
... industries, including fossil fuels. "We consider that the screening and research undertaken on behalf of Vanguard was far more limited than that being promised to investors, and we consider this constitutes another example of greenwashing." ASIC alleges ...

APRA toughens stress testing frequency, valuation stance

KARREN VERGARA, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2023
... determined that the valuation frequency is appropriate. "Factors that would inform valuation frequency include, but are not limited to, the frequency with which member transactions are permitted, how valuation data is incorporated in unit prices/crediting ...

ASIC cancels FTX Australia's licence

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2023
... services licence of embattled crypto company FTX. The regulator explained that until 12 July 2024 the company may provide limited financial services that relate to the termination of existing derivatives with clients. It added the cancellation has no ...