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Government to scrap advisers' approved qualifications list

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
The federal government is backtracking on one key financial adviser education requirement by scrapping the list of approved qualifications and proposing to allow any bachelor's degree or higher. Assistant treasurer Stephen Jones this morning announced ...

Convicted adviser banned over $2m theft

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
Former financial adviser Lachlan King has been permanently banned by ASIC for stealing close to $2 million in client funds, including family members. The banning took effect on February 5, with Queensland-based King currently in prison after being convicted ...

AMP launching 'market first' digital advice solution for super members

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2025
AMP is rolling out a new digital advice solution, in partnership with Bravura, providing its super fund members with retirement guidance. AMP Super's digital Retirement Health Check will allow its 700,000 members to find out when they can access ...

AustralianSuper under investigation for delayed death benefit payouts

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
AustralianSuper is being investigated by ASIC over delays in paying out death benefits, after it remediated members last year. AustralianSuper announced last November that it would compensate around 7000 beneficiaries with $4.2 million for death benefit ...

ASIC initiates ASX outage probe

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025
ASIC has officially commenced an investigation into the ASX outage that occurred in late December. On 20 December 2024, the ASX experienced a "technical issue" on its CHESS Batch Settlement that disrupted and delayed several days' trade settlements. ...

BUSSQ loses legal bid to overturn additional licence conditions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025
... arrangements, BUSSQ opted to challenge the licence conditions, steadfast that it had already undergone extensive scrutiny by the regulator over the past two years "without any adverse findings." BUSSQ chair Chris Taylor previously said the proposed licence ...

Syfe bids for SelfWealth, ups BFG's offer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025
Trading platform Syfe has upped Bell Financial Group's (BFG) bid for SelfWealth, offering 12% more at 28 cents per share. Syfe's parent company Svava has already acquired 43.4 million SelfWealth shares, representing 18.8% of shares on issue. ...

Former adviser pleads guilty to $1m theft

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025
A former financial adviser from Western Australia has pleaded guilty to five charges related to misappropriating $1.03 million of client funds. Anthony Torre was charged with five counts of stealing and eight counts of fraud in June 2022 following an ...

The regulatory pendulum has swung too far: FSC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2025
Financial Services Council (FSC) chief executive Blake Briggs has said the regulatory pendulum for the superannuation, funds management, and financial advice sectors has swung too far over the last decade under successive governments. It's time for ...

Workplace expert joins Aware Super in new role

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
Aware Super has appointed Breckon Jones to the newly created role of head of growth, talent, and reward. Jones joins the $190 billion superannuation fund from iCare NSW, which manages the insurance and care services to the people, businesses and communities ...