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AMP practice to pay $10,200 penalty

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... financial planning practice licensed under AMP-owned Charter Financial Planning has been fined with $10,200 for misleading advertising. Victoria-based Australian Financial Planning Solutions (AFPS) has been hit with $10,200 in penalties after the Australian ...

ASIC stops Bitcoin miner discussing IPO

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... statement, these messages were "particularly" targeted at Chinese investors. "ASIC will often review pre-prospectus advertising or publicity to ensure legal requirements are being met. This is because any statements made about a potential offer may influence ...

Compare the pair ads fail to excite members

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
... by email, while 4.9% preferred newspapers, 4.6% workplace visits and 2.6% magazines. Only 1.1% preferred television advertising, a category that ranked eighth, only above sponsorship for sporting teams or entertainment events (1%). As many as 51.2% of ...

Investec property fund acquires $8.1m warehouse

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2015
... of the Wilhelmsen shipping and logistics family. The remaining income (7%) is underpinned by a lease of a prominent advertising sign that fronts the Western Freeway to iOM. "This acquisition concluded a very successful year for the fund and is consistent ...

Season's Greetings from Financial Standard

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... editorial enquiries, please contact Mark Smith, editor, on 02 8234 7516 or email [email protected]. For advertising and our 2015 Media Kit, please contact Moe Alshawa, Associate Director- Group Sales, on 02 8234 7532or email [email protected]. ...

Rename general advice, disclose ownership: FSI

LAURA MILLAN  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... reliance on this type of information," the report said. "Consumers may misinterpret or excessively rely on guidance, advertising, and promotional and sales material when it is described as 'general advice'," it added. In a bid to improve industry transparency ...

Gold Coast advice firm enters EU over misleading ads

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... magazines and in police journals. ASIC's investigation found that Equanimity's compliance processes in terms of its advertising were unsatisfactory and may have breached consumer protection credit laws. "Advertising of this nature will not be tolerated ...

Misleading PDS costs NAB $10,200

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
... has paid in less than a month. On September 17th, the bank had to pay a $40,800 fine for misleading statements in an advertising campaign that promoted an offer of a $2,014 EFTPOS gift card for consumers who obtained a home loan with UBank. The advertisements ...

ASX mFund yet to attract major brokers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... weight to Jollie's comment that mFund is a genuine threat to the wrap platform model. ASX has recently launched an advertising campaign for mFund and is planning an mFund road show for retail investors and their advisers in October.

Westpac fined over misleading statements on annuity product

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... materials following ASIC's concerns. In 2014, ASIC has taken action against 11 entities for potentially misleading advertising or potentially misleading statements made in other promotional material. The penalties include $40,800 fine to NAB, $30,600 ...