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Westlawn Financial Services cops stop orders

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2022
ASIC has placed an interim stop order on the distribution of Westlawn Financial Services' income fund, due to non-compliant target market determinations (TMDs). The interim stop order will restrict the Grafton-based firm from issuing interests in, giving ...

Members stick with dud super funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2022
Members of funds that failed the inaugural Your Future, Your Super (YFYS) performance test aren't leaving, with new modelling showing just 10% have found a new fund. According to Industry Super Australia (ISA) analysis, only 10% of members switched ...

Advice fees jump 16% in FY22

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2022
Initial advice fees charged by financial advisers on a per advice document basis increased 16% in FY22 to $3315 from $2859 the previous year. According to the Padua Advice Fee Data Report, FY 2022 ongoing advice fees charged by advisers on a per advice ...

TPB, bans dishonest tax agents

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2022
The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) terminated the registration of two tax agents after finding they prepared and lodged self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) annual returns with incorrect details. Following an Australian Taxation Office (ATO) referral ...

ASIC issues stop orders on Holon funds

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2022
ASIC has placed interim stop orders on Holon's unlisted Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Filecoin funds due to non-compliant target market determinations (TMDs) just months after their launch. The regulator has prevented Holon from offering or distributing them ...

Government to boost paid parental leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2022
The federal government plans to extend the Commonwealth paid parental leave scheme to six months come 2026. Over the weekend, prime minister Anthony Albanese said the government's October 25 Budget will introduce reforms to improve the systems' flexibility ...

Mayfair 101 bids for High Court appeal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022
Mayfair 101's James Mawhinney has filed for special leave to appeal to the High Court, claiming ASIC being given the chance to have its case against him reheard is further denial of procedural fairness. Last month, the Full Federal Court overturned ...

Global X drops management fees

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2022
To provide investors with more cost-effective access to the US fixed income market, Global X ETFs Australia has reduced the management fees of two ETFs. Specifically, the management fee for Global X US Treasury Bond ETF (Currency Hedged) has been lowered ...

AFSL boss banned by ASIC

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2022
ASIC imposed banning orders on Quantum Funds Management managing director Peter Gribble for failing to pay $2.5 million in Australian Financial Complaints Authority determinations. Gribble is banned from controlling a financial services business or ...

Court dismisses Mayfair 101 appeal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2022
The Full Federal Court dismissed an appeal by Mayfair 101 to overturn the findings of misleading advertising and the $30 million fine it was handed in December last year. In March 2021, the Federal Court found Mayfair 101's group of companies engaged ...