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'Just do what you say you'll do': ASIC's message to trustees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
... adequately monitor and question fee deductions from member accounts being made by financial advisers and licensees. In its review of 10 trustees, ASIC found three trustees don't perform any checks in relation to advice fee deductions, with some allowing ...

AFCA finds more Dixon Advisory victims

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
... board to clarify the process and timing for that membership to end." "We also urgently, again, call upon the government to review the funding model of the CSLR. Not only is it completely unfair, but it is also economically impossible for the small business ...

Frontier grows consulting, governance teams

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
Frontier Advisors has announced four new appointments, hiring from Aviva, Zenith, Cooper Investments and Motley Fool. Firstly, Daniel Manser will join Frontier's client consulting team, working with investors across all client segments. Manser joins ...

ASIC slams funds' serious deficiencies over advice fee charges

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
A review by ASIC has found evidence of poor oversight of advice fee deductions by superannuation trustees, with some allowing charges of up to $20,000 before raising concerns and some not conducting any checks of advice documents at all. ASIC is calling ...

Platinum's FUM dips below $14bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2024
Platinum Investment Management's funds under management took a $1.65 billion hit to finish at $13.5 billion at the end of April. Most of the outflows came from an unnamed institutional investor walking away and product rationalisation initiatives ...

ASIC clamps down on advisers, trustees cold calling

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024
... arrangements and ensure they comply with financial services laws. Super trustees that gain new members via these tactics should review their processes to ensure they are not benefiting at their expense. "This does not mean trustees need to check every ...

Count renews Iress contract

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024
... part of our global portfolio of Trading & Market Data businesses. "Our next focus for the Managed Portfolio is a strategic review of the businesses within it, which may include moving the UK back into the core part of our portfolio. We are also continuing ...

ATO flags key focus areas this tax time

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024
... improvement and is only deductible over time as capital works," Thomson said. "We encourage rental property owners to carefully review their records before lodging their return and take care to ensure they are claiming deductions correctly." The ATO ...

ASIC issues warning over scammers using fake AFSLs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2024
ASIC has issued a fresh warning over the increase in the sophistication of fake bond and term deposit scams. ASIC said scammers are impersonating little-known legitimate financial services businesses, often those without a website or digital footprint. ...

Treasury shakes up foreign investing framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
... happen, including increasing the frequency of on-site visits. "This team will also support the use of my call-in power to review investments that come to pose a national security concern in time," he said. Foreign investors are being warned that they ...
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