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Government opens consultation for amended CCIV regime

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
... investor protection while being more "internationally recognisable" than the country's existing managed investment scheme (MIS) trust-based structure. The amendments released for consultation yesterday include a revised draft of the new chapter in ...

AET appoints new head of corporate trust

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
IOOF subsidiary Australian Executor Trustees has promoted internally, appointing a senior manager to head up its corporate trust division. Yvonne Kelaher will take the reins as the head of corporate trust at the IOOF subsidiary from next week, having ...

ASIC tightens grip on ICO issuers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... statements in its white paper. In addition to this, the unnamed ICO offer was set up as an unregulated managed investment scheme that breached provision of provisions of the Corporations Act. The ICO offeror would have copped serious penalties under ...

Government names AFCA board members

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
Four industry figures, including a prominent Sydney financial planner, have been appointed to the board of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA). The new members are Claire Mackay, Andrew Fairley, Erin Turner and Alan Wein. They join ...

ANZ issues last minute RC submission correction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
ANZ issued a correction to its submissions to the Royal Commission over the weekend ahead of the next fortnight's hearings on financial advice. Senior Counsel Assisting Rowena Orr said the Royal Commission was provided with a correction by ANZ on Sunday ...

DigitalX launches crypto-heavy fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
Listed crypto advisory firm DigitalX has launched a fund that will predominantly invest in cryptocurrencies and form part of its newly-formed funds management division led by a former Ellerston Capital portfolio manager. Its inaugural fund, DigitalX ...

Former Provident Capital MD still banned but allowed procedural fairness

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
The Federal Court has upheld ASIC's five-year disqualification of the former managing director at Provident Capital but found the Administrative Appeals Tribunal denied the MD procedural fairness in its hearing. ASIC explained that on 20 February 2015 ...

Financial Standard launches Good Investment Guide, Investment Leadership Awards

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2018
Financial Standard this week released the first edition of 'The Good Investment Guide - Managed Funds Edition', an educational investment handbook aimed at self-directed investors and finance professionals. The guide features a primer on the managed ...

Two FSC senior policy managers depart

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
Two senior policy managers at the Financial Services Council will depart from their roles in mid-February. Carla Hoorweg developed public policy for investment, technology and innovation, while Blake Briggs led policy development and government relations ...

SuperConcepts ramps up digital transformation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
SuperConcepts has undertaken a digital transformation strategy to fundamentally redesign the foundations of the business, says its chief technical officer. The self-managed super funds (SMSF) software and services provider announced it consolidated ...