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CSLR estimates $241m to fund backlog of complaints

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2024
... Superannuation Services clients following its downfall, expected to amount to about $193 million. These complaints alone account for 85% of the total received and the actuaries calculating the levy estimate have assumed that all eligible complaints - ...

Macquarie Wrap rolls out new features for advisers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2024
Macquarie introduced new digital features and security enhancements on Macquarie Wrap, including account-level performance reporting and a live chat function in Adviser Online. The platform's updated account-level performance reporting functionality ...

ASIC permanently bans adviser who stole client funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2024
A financial adviser based on Queensland's Hope Island was permanently banned by the corporate watchdog after he was found to have misled clients about potential returns and used their funds for his own expenses. Delan Pagliaccio is banned from providing ...

Former director sentenced to over four years imprisonment

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2023
Mudasir Mohammed Naseeruddin has been sentenced to four years and four months in prison following his guilty plea to charges of dishonest conduct and failure to discharge duties in good faith. Naseeruddin goaded investors to rollover their superannuation ...

BlackRock grows private credit business

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2023
BlackRock has upped the number of private credit specialists in its antipodean team by recruiting a Nomura operative. Based in Sydney, Stephen Allan has been appointed head of Australasia and will lead the origination and sourcing of private credit ...

Federal Court appoints receivers to investigate Brite Advisors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2023
The Federal Court has appointed Linda Smith and Robert Kirman of McGrathNicol as corporate receivers to probe Brite Advisors, following serious concerns about the management of client pension funds. Smith and Kirman will investigate Brite Advisors and ...

Citi broadens custody offering

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2023
Citi Securities Services has introduced capabilities to support dual-access exchange-traded funds (ETFs), affording investors the flexibility to access funds via an exchange or unlisted distribution channel. The global custodian now distinguishes itself ...

ASIC takes action on EverBlu, director

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2023
... procedures and put in place adequate controls relating to the receipt and execution of client orders; use of its suspense account; maintenance of records; and management of conflicts of interest. ASIC has already accepted a court enforceable undertaking ...

What you read in 2023

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2023
Once again, Financial Standard readers were captivated by the evolving superannuation landscape, with this year's top stories largely focused on this space. However, there was one particular executive move that simply couldn't be scrolled past. ...

Caddick SMSF clients should recoup all funds: Lawyer

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2023
... gatekeepers to the superannuation system. We rely on them to pick up on fraud and errors, and they should rightly be held to account if they don't uphold the standards that we expect of them." Many of Caddick's clients, which included non-SMSF ...