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ASIC sues former director of crypto platform owing nearly $60m

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... also made separate transactions of up to $1.4 million and $2.6 million from the platform for various reasons, including personal loans. He was also found to have transferred approximately $1.8 million worth of bitcoins from an investor into his personal ...

New SMSF trustees drive financial advice uptake

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2025
... 2023 to 155,000 in 2024. Despite this growth, most of the sector remains without an adviser. Vanguard Australia chief of personal investor Renae Smith said although Australia's SMSF sector is continuing to grow, the research for this year's report highlights ...

Count Financial class action dismissed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2025
... that its advisers were acting in their clients' best interests and prioritising their clients' interests when giving personal financial advice and receiving commissions and/or benefits. Further, the class action alleged advisers charged some clients ...

AMP super class action finally hits court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
... Slater and Gordon said. The products called into question by the class action are: SignatureSuper Corporate SignatureSuper Personal SignatureSuper Allocation Pension/Term Pension SignatureSuper Select CustomSuper Employer SuperLeader AMP Flexible Lifetime ...

Aware Super cuts fees for retiree members

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
Aware Super is shaving up to 25% off administration fees for its retiree membership. The $190 billion fund is reducing the annual administration fee for retirement income and retirement transition members from June 1. The fee will drop from 0.23% of ...

Centrepoint Alliance locks in hundreds of Brighter Super advice clients

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2025
Centrepoint Alliance, which entered into an agreement to acquire the advice book of Brighter Super, has confirmed that most eligible members opted to stay in the transition. Centrepoint Alliance snaped up the comprehensive advice book of ESI Financial ...

ASIC accuses Kalkine of providing unlicensed advice

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2025
... implemented by Kalkine." ASIC said it held concerns that Kalkine's representatives, who are based in India, may have provided personal advice as part of the sale of subscription services when Kalkine's AFSL only authorised it to provide general financial ...

Age-based super strategies could add thousands to retirement savings

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
Australians in default investment options could collectively be $46 billion better off with age-based personalised strategies, according to analysis from Russell Investments. Russell Investments, the operator of the Russell Investments Master Trust ...

Former director sentenced over 'test' trading accounts

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... deregistered). McCabe was sole director of both companies. He used the stolen funds for his own benefit for business and personal expenses. He entered a guilty plea in September 2024 to three offences of dishonestly obtaining a financial advantage by ...

MLC Expand reduces fees

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
... simplest and transparent fee structures in market. " The MLC Expand platform also supports the IOOF Employer Super, IOOF Personal Super and IOOF Pension products, reducing fees for around 80,000 clients.