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FPA overcharges members

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2021
... depending on their professional designation. A Certified Planning Professional pays $895 per financial year plus a $200 advertising levy. A financial planner pays $595 p.a. while an associate pays $495 p.a. An Association of Financial Advisers member ...

La Trobe fined for misleading investors

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021
... invests in Australian mortgages, cash and other credit instruments. The penalty comes after ASIC accused La Trobe of advertising including statements that any capital invested in the fund would be 'stable'. The regulator took issue with the term ...

No proof of member benefit: APRA on super fund spends

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
... by superannuation funds that does not meet the best financial interests of members, including sponsorship deals and advertising spends with no evidence of member benefit. Releasing its review of RSE licensee marketing expenditure, it found instances ...

Pinnacle backs investment platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
... management expertise." Varlamos added: "The current zeitgeist - a proliferation of online trading apps, with extensive advertising about trading being fun and easy - is not healthy and won't last." "Trading shares, CFDs or crypto is not the same as investing ...

Super system "frayed": Hume

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
... Super funds will not be able to spend member money on activities that don't provide financial benefit to members. "Advertising campaigns, football memberships, parties for stakeholders and yoga sessions for members were themes we were seeing balloon ...

ASIC chases $12m from Mayfair

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2021
... liquidation) and Online Investments. The entities are accused of 'misleading and deceptive' conduct in relation to Mayfair's advertising of what it described as fixed-interest investment products, the M Core Notes and the M+ Notes. The notes allegedly ...

Conflicts of interest risk in funds management still high: ASIC

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2021
... search for the research house that will provide them with the best rating, then pay for this rating and use it in their advertising material." ASIC requires research houses to disclose any benefit they receive for ratings in reports or advertisements. ...

Investment scams set to double

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2021
... and more than $1 million in losses to the Hope Business and Wonderful World scams. These two scams used social media advertising and mobile apps. Victims invested their money and were able to make small withdrawals in the beginning before the scammers ...

Goodments by Douugh now in Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
... US stocks and ETFs. Goodments was founded in 2017 by former ANZ financial adviser Tom Culver and then-Leo Burnett advertising executive Emily Taylor and backed by H2 Ventures. That same year it was named the winner of the inaugural EY WAMTech PitchFest. ...

MAX Award winners crowned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... 2021 were presented at an event at Luna Park, Sydney last night, recognising the exceptional efforts of marketing, advertising and distribution teams in financial services. Close to 300 of the industry's brightest marketing, advertising and sales ...