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ASX advances CHESS replacement project

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2024
... announced today that the CHESS replacement project has entered the delivery phase. This follows a decision to proceed with a product-based solution developed by global technology firm Tata Consultancy Services. ASX chief information officer Tim Whiteley ...

Advice reforms draft laws consultation opens

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024
... a client enters or renews an ongoing fee arrangement and authorise ongoing advice fees to be deducted from a financial product. The bill proposes that advisers should make Financial Services Guides (FSG) easier to provide to retail clients. They can ...

Active Super found guilty of greenwashing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024
... Super spokesperson said the fund has co-operated with ASIC's investigation and supports increased scrutiny on ESG disclosure standards as being good for members, the super industry and the community. "While a judgement has been made, the court proceeding ...

Australian Unity lashed by ASIC over TMD questionnaire

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024
... target market. Under the orders, Australian Unity and other distributors of the fund cannot provide product disclosure statements for or provide general advice to retail clients about the fund for 21 days, unless the orders are revoked prior.

ASIC wins greenwashing case against Vanguard

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... billion in funds under management. The claims were made via a variety of mediums, including in 12 product disclosure statements, a media release about the fund's launch, statements on its website, a Finance News Network interview featuring then-product ...

Bloom Impact, MSC pulled up for greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024
... 2022 to June 2023, MSC, as trustee and responsible entity of the Bloom Fund, made statements in the fund's product disclosure statement (PDS) that said the fund would seek to avoid the investment of the fund's assets in a range of excluded activities ...

ASIC files lawsuit against unlicensed director, companies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2024
... a responsible entity. Exalt Global Funds Limited was found to have made misleading statements in product disclosure statements about the level of risk associated with the Paladin Monetizer Fund; didn't keep proper financial records for the fund; and ...

ASIC issues interim stop orders against Keystone

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024
... not worded and presented in a clear, concise, and effective manner." ASIC said it is concerned the product disclosure statements (PDS) contain misleading statements regarding Keystone's legal role in unregistered schemes the fund invests in; inadequate ...

Fee consent forms, FDS overhaul concerns FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2023
... fee arrangements. Advisers should still be required to have clients sign a standard fee consent, but should eliminate product providers out of the equation, the association suggests. The FAAA said: "This is counter to the intent of achieving standardisation ...

Adviser with Investport links sees ban affirmed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023
... the clients' interests and her own interests as she was the recipient of several loans from the scheme. Further, the Statements of Advice provided by Anderson were found to be non-compliant, lacking additional disclosures around costs and benefits lost ...
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