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FAAA accuses government of crucial CSLR failure

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
The Financial Advice Association of Australia (FAAA) believes the government may have failed in its obligations when introducing the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) by skipping a key step. Following a review of documents the FAAA obtained ...

Sanlam Private Wealth breaches licensee obligations, hit with enforceable undertaking

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2025
Sanlam Private Wealth, the Australian arm of the South African Sanlam Group, has admitted to breaching licensee obligations by "failing to adequately supervise" its authorised representatives and corporate authorised representatives (CARs), following ...

Court sentences Ponzi scheme promoter

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 DEC 2024
The Federal Court has sentenced the promoter of Courtenay House for his involvement in one of the country's biggest Ponzi schemes. David Sipina was handed down three years' imprisonment to be served via an intensive correction order after pleading ...

Court finds CFD issuers engaged in 'unconscionable conduct'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 DEC 2024
The Federal Court has found that collapsed contracts for difference (CFD) issuer, Union Standard International Group (USG) and two of its former corporate authorised representatives, BrightAU Capital (trading as TradeFred) and Maxi EFX Global AU (trading ...

ASIC sues Binance over customer protection failures

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
ASIC is taking Binance Australia to court alleging it denied more than 500 retail clients important consumer protections by misclassifying them as wholesale clients. ASIC alleges from 7 July 2022 to 21 April 2023, Binance offered crypto derivative products ...

ASIC sues HSBC Australia over $23m scam losses

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024
ASIC has launched legal proceedings against HSBC Bank Australia in the Federal Court, alleging the latter failed to "adequately protect customers", resulting in losses of about $23 million through nearly 1000 unauthorised transactions. ASIC said the ...

ART beefs up analytics team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024
Australian Retirement Trust has recruited two specialists to help lead its strategic, digital, and cultural transformation. First up, Sarah Dunn has been appointed general manager of transformation. She joins from Victorian Funds Management Corporation ...

FAAA slams 'underlying issues' in CSLR

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024
The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) has made a submission to the Senate Economics Committee inquiry into wealth management companies, highlighting financial advisers' concerns around the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR). Specifically ...

Treasury gives Tranche 2 reform package preview

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
The government has provided clarity on the second tranche of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes reforms, offering more detail around what's included and confirming the remit of its 'new class of adviser.' The second package of reforms is aimed ...

Firms treat CSLR as 'insurance policy': FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2024
As the number of AFSL cancellations pile up due to the non-payment of Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) determinations, far too many financial services firms are taking advantage of the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR), treating ...