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Advisers call for apology from Super Members Council

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2024
... advisers." Earlier this week, the Super Members Council (SMC) renewed calls for anti-hawking legislation to be extended to stop financial advisers using third parties to cold call consumers to elicit business or posting click-bait on social media. In ...

ASIC issues first stop order for crowd funding

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2024
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued an interim stop order preventing Hirehood from offering securities under its crowd-sourced funding (CSF) offer document. The CSF was published on the VentureCrowd intermediary platform. ...

Super Members Council renews calls for anti-hawking extension

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2024
... not financial advice services. "Anti-hawking laws should be tightened, and current consumer protections locked into law to stop dodgy financial advisers using click-bait social media posts, cold-calls and pressure sales tactics to move unsuspecting Australians ...

CSLR makes inaugural payments

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2024
The Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) made its first payments to four victims totalling more than $360,000, three of which related to bad financial advice. One payout of about $145,000 related to inappropriate personal financial advice provided ...

Australian Unity lashed by ASIC over TMD questionnaire

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024
Australian Unity Funds Management has been told to stop offering its Select Income Fund, with ASIC saying retail clients are unlikely to understand the questionnaire used to determine whether they would be in the target market. ASIC made an interim ...

Emissions data demand drives tech growth

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024
... to be undertaken for upcoming mandatory reporting," Prins said. "Do you have litigation risk? Are your customers going to stop buying your product because it's too carbon intense? Where are you going to feel the pain? That's what we do. "IFRS ...

Australian Ethical updates investment guide

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024
... but would assess whether the mistake indicates a systemic problem, and what action has been taken to fix the mistake and stop it happening again. The super fund also added more determined language around companies that which mislead consumers. It said ...

ASIC places stop orders on Trademax Australia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2024
ASIC issued two interim stop orders to Trademax Australia after it found the broker was relying on a poorly designed questionnaire which retail investors were able to attempt multiple times to determine they were in the target market. The business is ...

Spaceship appoints new chief risk officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024
... contribute to the company's continued growth and success." His appointment comes about a year on from ASIC placing interim stop orders on both Spaceship's Voyager range and Spaceship Super, citing deficient target market determinations. It also comes ...

Australians need $1.6m for comfortable retirement: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024
... welcome in the workplace are also factors that contribute to unplanned retirement. Fewer than one third of Australians want to stop working completely when they retire. Most want to work fewer hours while others want to continue working the same hours ...