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AFSLs can lose licence on CSLR intervention

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2024
... there's a reasonable reason why payment hasn't been made. If that hasn't been provided, it's referred to ASIC. But, yes, ultimately, we would then get to a position where we would have to say, advise the consumer of their right to go ...

Markets melt down over 'premature' recession fears

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024
The ASX had its worst day since March 2020 yesterday, wiping $102 billion as investors got the jitters over a potential US recession. Mediocre jobs data released in the US sparked recession fears with investors also concerned the Federal Reserve is ...

Positives remain at Perpetual, says Morningstar

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2024
After Perpetual reported worse than expected outflows yesterday, Morningstar has lowered its fair value estimate for the 138-year-old wealth giant. However, it says things aren't all bad. In a quarterly update yesterday, Perpetual disclosed $8.9 ...

ART executive takes lead super role at Insignia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2024
After announcing his departure from Australian Retirement Trust (ART) yesterday, Dave Woodall has been named chief executive of superannuation at Insignia Financial. Earlier this month, Insignia Financial announced an overhaul of its leadership team. ...

Generation Development Group corrals complete ownership of Lonsec

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2024
Generation Development Group, the parent company of Generation Life, which recently acquired the remaining stake in Lonsec, has reported a $673 million increase in funds under management (FUM) over the last financial year. Generation Life received over ...

ASIC delivered court win over Firstmac DDO failure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
ASIC won its first Federal Court action in relation to breaches of design and distribution provisions against non-bank lender and investment manager Firstmac over a cross-selling strategy for investment products. The Federal Court found yesterday that ...

First advice reform bill passes parliament

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024
The first tranche of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) legislation passed both the upper and lower houses yesterday. Treasury Laws Amendment (Delivering Better Financial Outcomes and Other Measures) Bill aims to reduce red tape for financial ...

Committee calls for 'sick agency' ASIC to be split in half

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024
The Senate committee tasked with assessing the capabilities of ASIC says the government should recognise the regulator has "comprehensively failed to fulfil its regulatory remit", calling for a complete overhaul of its structure, powers and how it's ...

Panel declares 'unacceptable circumstances' for Sequoia

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2024
The Takeovers Panel declared that rogue shareholders, which include Glennon Capital, seeking to gain control of Sequoia Financial Group were not transparent about their relationship and breached substantial shareholder laws. In an update to the ASX ...

New NALE rules, AFCA's super powers passed

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024
Two separate laws that regulate how superannuation funds deal with non-arm's length expenses (NALE) and income (NALI) and expands the Australian Financial Complaints Authority's (AFCA) remit over super passed Parliament on June 25. Treasury ...