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FinClear partners with trading platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2023
FinClear has won a mandate to provide third-party clearing and trade support services to a global trading platform that recently hit Australian shores. Webull, which has soft launched in Australia, is a market participant of the ASX and Cboe Australia. ...

Sequoia backs budding investment manager

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023
The listed wealth manager has acquired a stake in a recently launched investment manager and will support the roll-out of three new funds. Sequoia has bought 20% of Euree Asset Management for a cash consideration of $500,000. Euree was formed at the ...

Director banned for eight years

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023
The director of investment manager Foxi Capital has been banned from providing financial services for eight years after it was found he lacked relevant qualifications and experience, and misled investors. Foxi Capital director and Responsible Entity ...

Senate Committee rethinks franking credit changes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2023
... only be paid irregularly." ASA chief executive Rachel Waterhouse welcomed the Senate Committee's attentiveness to retail investor and stakeholder concerns. She also underscored the significance of franking credits for many Australian shareholders, especially ...

ASIC issues first-of-its-kind stop order

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023
... in distribution conduct being consistent with its TMD. It said the reason for this was the broker relied on a retail investor questionnaire with "significant flaws" as a key step for compliance with its obligations. When applying for a trading account ...

Class action commenced against IG Markets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023
Piper Alderman and Omni Bridgeway have filed their class action against IG Markets, representing investors that lost hundreds of millions trading contracts for difference (CFDs). In October 2022, the two firms said they were planning an action against ...

SEC charges duo over church-based fraud

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023
A man and his father-in-law were charged by the US regulator for running a $30 million Ponzi scheme in which they targeted churchgoers, gaining their trust with claims their wealth and success was due to divine intervention. According to the SEC, between ...

Issuers must lift DDO game: ASIC

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023
The regulator issued a warning to investment product issuers after a review found woeful compliance in meeting the design and distribution obligations (DDO). Since last July, ASIC has placed interim stop orders on 26 investment products from 18 issuers ...

$100bn withdrawal triggers First Republic stock plunge

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023
First Republic Bank's stock price has nosedived following disastrous Q1 2023 results, marked by enormous deposit outflows and decreased revenues. First Republic's results for Q1 2023 showed a 13.4% decrease in revenues, a 19.4% decrease in net interest ...

CVC sells 20% stake in Eildon

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2023
CVC has divested a 20% stake in Eildon Capital that will be picked up by another boutique fund manager. ASX-listed CVC announced this morning that it entered into an agreement with Samuel Terry Asset Management to sell its stake so that it can free ...