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ASIC cancels AFSL of XTrade

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has cancelled the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) of retail over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives issuer XTrade. XTrade offered clients opportunities to trade in contracts for difference ...

Block Earner dodges massive fine

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024
The Federal Court has absolved Block Earner from paying a penalty for trading without a financial services licence, which ASIC believes should have been $350,000. While Judge Jackman determined that while Block Earner, which invested in cryptocurrency ...

Higher-for-longer rates dominate adviser conversations

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024
"Higher-for-longer interest rates" are dictating many adviser-client conversations, according to BT, as they gear up to close the financial year. An analysis of 8000 queries from financial advisers fielded by the BT technical services team found that ...

Broken promises leave survivors in the lurch

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024
More than a year on from a Treasury consultation on giving victims of child sexual abuse access to their abuser's superannuation for compensation purposes, little headway has been made. At the same time, experts say the government's proposals ...

Australian Ethical snaps up asset manager

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024
Australian Ethical has struck a deal to acquire Altius Asset Management, the sustainable fixed income business of Australian Unity, a move that will see its funds under management (FUM) swell by $2 billion. The acquisition will see both firms merge ...

RBA hints another rate rise could be on the cards

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2024
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board has confirmed it discussed both leaving interest rates unchanged and a hike at its May meeting. The board minutes were in line with messaging from RBA governor Michele Bullock, who spoke at a press conference ...

Wholesale investor test reform has several ramifications: SIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
Proposed changes to the wholesale investor test potentially have sprawling ramifications for financial advisers and is something some experts say will need to be thoroughly nutted out before the government pushes any reforms over the line. Potentially ...

Litigation funder disputes AMP BOLR settlement

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2024
The litigation funder of the AMP Buyer of Last Resort (BOLR) class action is negotiating its cut of the settlement money and could take home as much as $43 million. A notice of proposed settlement from the Federal Court shows the funder, Augusta Pool ...

Dexus completes $300m raising

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024
Dexus announced it has successfully raised more than $300 million for a first close of its second dedicated real estate opportunity fund, putting it on track to raise up to $1 billion in equity. The Dexus Real Estate Partnership 2 (DREP2) fund is the ...

Australian Retirement Trust applies new investment exclusion

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024
From July 1, Australian Retirement Trust (ART) will add thermal coal to its list of exclusions. ART currently applies three exclusions when directly investing in Australian and international share asset classes across all its investment options, being ...