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ASIC takes fintech to court

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2021
The corporate regulator has initiated action against a fintech for allegedly misleading customers about the benefits of investing in residential property in self-managed superannuation funds. Squirrel Superannuation Services, an SMSF platform provider ...

QLD super funds advance merger

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020
LGIAsuper and Energy Super will proceed with a merger that is set to finalise as early as 1 July 2021. The board of the two Queensland-based superannuation funds have signed a binding heads of agreement following a two-and-a-half month due diligence ...

What you read in 2020

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
As we farewell a year that many will be glad to see the back of, check out Financial Standard 's most read stories for 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic underscores the majority of this year's most widely read stories, as unprecedented shutdowns and ...

Xinja ceases banking

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
The prudential regulator has confirmed it will be monitoring the return of deposits by Xinja Bank as it ceases to operate as an authorised deposit-taking institution (ADI). Xinja made the decision to withdraw its transaction and savings account products ...

ASIC takes action on Union Standard

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
ASIC has commenced civil penalty proceedings against brokerage firm Union Standard International Group and its affiliates. The corporate regulator has taken action against the Sydney-based retail over-the-counter derivatives issuer and its former corporate ...

ME Bank acting chief made permanent

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
ME Bank has promoted its acting chief executive to the role permanently, following Jamie McPhee's resignation earlier this year. Adam Crane joined the bank as chief financial officer in 2019 and was promoted to acting chief executive in July following ...

Industry fund names chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
The Meat Industry Employees' Superannuation Fund has appointed a former Link Group general manager and industry fund chief executive to its top job. MIESF has named Katherine Kaspar as its incoming chief executive, following the announcement that Bill ...

Clive Palmer ramps up calls for Shipton's head

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
Controversial businessman and leader of the United Australia Party Clive Palmer has mounted an advertising campaign calling for ASIC chair James Shipton to resign. Palmer took out full-page ads in several state and national newspapers with the copy ...

AMP appoints advice transformation manager

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
AMP has announced a key appointment in the transformation of its financial advice business. Jill Hopkins has been appointed advice program transformation manager. "Jill has extensive knowledge of the financial advice industry and is playing a key role ...

AAT refuses Allegra AFSL

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) has refused the provision of an Australian financial services licence to Allegra Financial Services after it was initially rejected by ASIC. Allegra applied to ASIC for an AFSL in 2018 to provide personal financial ...