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Golden parachutes deflate rapidly for some, not all ASX chiefs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... Australia, and we saw more than $80 million of shareholders money paid to terminated chief executives in the year before the law changed." However, at the same time the termination payments for chief executives in the ASX 101-200 cohort increased significantly ...

ASIC cancels Financial Services Group Australia's AFSL

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025
... required to have total assets that exceeded total liabilities. As for Holmes, ASIC said he contravened financial services law via FSGA for failing to take reasonable steps to ensures its representatives acted in the best interests of clients and to give ...

$15m crypto scam costs former adviser 10 years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... not competent to participate in the Australian financial services industry and is likely to contravene a financial services law." Rogan is also banned from performing any function within a financial services business and controlling any financial services ...

ASIC puts 18 finfluencers on notice amid global campaign

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... unregistered activity, suggesting he seek legal advice. The Ontario Securities Commission also hand-delivered warnings alongside law enforcement. Recent Moneysmart research found that 41% of young Australians seek financial information or advice from ...

Labor proposes changes to ancillary funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
... strategy, if necessary, in response to the new rate," the paper read. A giving fund is also known as an ancillary fund under tax law and is a trust set up and maintained solely for the purpose of providing money, property or benefits to deductible gift ...

MAX Awards honour best of the best

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
More than 350 industry professionals turned out for Financial Standard 's night of nights, honouring the best and brightest in advertising, marketing and sales. The annual Financial Standard Marketing, Advertising and Sales Excellence (MAX) Awards ...

ETF Shares to bolster sales team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
Australian exchange-traded fund start-up ETF Shares will accelerate its push into the local market following the appointment of Will Taylor as chief operating officer. Taylor, who landed from Global X, will report to chief executive Cliff Man and oversee ...

Netwealth chair to retire, successor appointed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
... International Fiscal Association (IFA Australia), formerly a member of the Tax Advisory Board of the University of Melbourne Law Faculty and a visiting Fellow in its Master of Laws Tax Program. Antonie said he is an accomplished leader with extensive ...

UK treasury provides guidance on local pension consolidation

MATT TOLEDO  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
... 12-basis-point reduction in costs applied to $1.6 trillion (£800bn) in managed assets by 2030. The pension consolidation will become law through the Pension Schemes Bill, expected to be introduced this summer. The deadline for local government pension ...

Greenwashing remains an enforcement priority: ASIC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... with a presentation on sustainability reporting disclosure requirements - particularly on climate reporting. Last year, the law mandating climate reporting disclosures was passed. O'Rourke called it a once-in-a-generation change to financial reporting ...