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APRA commends super funds on tough year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
... on information-sharing and collaboration with peer agencies, particularly the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), was also prioritised." Byres said COVID-19 required APRA to adopt a broad perspective when identifying and responding ...

Australians Googling for advice

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
... with stories covered improper conduct. The latter related, in the main, to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's letter to peak real estate bodies asking them to remind real estate agents that they were unqualified to provide financial ...

Fund manager charged with defrauding investors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
... in 2014, Malley, a licensed real estate broker with no investment management experience, and MG Capital solicited investments in two real estate funds, MG Capital Management Residential Funds III and IV, respectively. The combined funds raised a total ...

The barriers to limited advice: Licensees

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
... documents are the major barriers to limited advice, according to licensees. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC) latest consultation paper, Promoting access to affordable advice for consumers, is giving not only advisers but ...

Class action launched against OnePath

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JAN 2021
... no ongoing benefit for the members. It also alleges OnePath breached its trustee duties by depositing certain cash investments with its then parent, ANZ Bank, for mediocre returns, rather than seeking the best possible interest rate for cash. Slater ...

FS team picks: The top stories for 2020

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR, KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... Rest to prove that it was taking climate change seriously and doing enough to measure the impact of climate change on investments. The fund and McVeigh settled out of court, with McVeigh basically getting everything he wanted. Industry funds team up ...

ACCC gives IOOF go ahead

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
... not oppose IOOF's $1.4 billion acquisition of MLC Wealth despite both firms supplying platforms for superannuation, investments and financial advice. ACCC commissioner Stephen Ridgeway said transactions that combine two major firms in a sector attract ...

ISA ramps up campaign against super reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
... excluded from the revamped member's best financial interest test, which reverses the onus of proof if fund expenditure or investments are challenged by regulators. The result of which, ISA said, is that billions in mark-ups that for-profit and bank-run ...

Hedge fund switched traders with algorithm

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
... client fund, BlueCrest Capital International (BCI), to its proprietary fund BSMA, which was created for its staff's investments. BlueCrest staff had a 93% interest in BSMA, which at one point, reached US$1.79 billion. While the top traders delivered ...

Director charged with dishonest conduct

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
... charged a man with seven counts of dishonest conduct following a referral from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). In addition to the seven counts, Mudasir Mohammed Naseeruddin as also charged with two counts of failing to exercise ...