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Chinese tech giant buys 5% stake in Afterpay

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... million for more than 13 million shares in the company. Tencent is an online entertainment, digital advertising, social media, fintech and cloud services provider listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange. Its communications platforms include Weixin, WeChat ...

Fortescue seeks to hide pricing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... been reporting the company's discounts since 2013 and asserts they have also always been widely circulated on social media. "The prices regularly appear on the Weibo platform, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter, and on the WeChat app, a WhatsApp equivalent," ...

Super scammers pose as authorities

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... illegal. You're not allowed to do this'. "Forget about legalities, this is not ethical what they're doing." An ensuing social media post about the encounter may end up saving the super of many Australians, after it led the Australian Tax Office to get ...

Super fund calls social media companies to action

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
NZ Super has called on social media companies to do more to strengthen controls, one year on from the horrific Christchurch terror attack. Following the attack, more than one hundred global investors representing approximately US$7.5 trillion of assets-under-management ...

Aussie at center of international scheme

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... forced to sell the same memberships to other to earn commissions. According to the complaint, MOBE used online ads, social media, and live events to target US consumers and "swindled" hundreds of millions of dollars, which the company then transferred ...

Hollywood actor charged by SEC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... $1,140,000 (US$750,000) worth of bitcoin tokens from Bitcoiin2Gen (B2G) for his promotions. Seagal made posts to his social media accounts encouraging the public not to "miss out" of B2G's initial coin offering (ICO). The SEC said Seagal put out a press ...

Blockchain startup raises $68m, ordered to return funds

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... subsidiary, Enigma ENG International and paid promoters "to tout Enigma as a good investment opportunity" on blog posts, social media and discussion boards. The startup told investors it would use the funds to develop a digital trading platform and a ...

FPA offers pro bono support to bushfire victims

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
... Victorian financial advice firm Tribeca Financial is also doing its bit to support those in need. The firm took to social media to offer financial advice services at no charge to those affected by the bushfire emergency. "The impact to families around ...

What you read in 2019: Financial advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
... exam results spark debate Following the release of the first ever FASEA exam results in August, advisers took to social media to vent about the results. Even though more than 90% passed, those who completed the exam didn't receive an actual score ...

FS Power50 highlights most influential advisers in 2019

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... - including Glen James, Victoria Devine and James Sutherland. It also includes some advisers with large, engaged social media followings. The 2019 Power50 boast an average LinkedIn following of 1984 - up significantly on 2018's average of 1300. For the ...