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Data concerns land Fiducian with additional licence conditions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024
Fiducian Portfolio Services has been slapped with additional licence conditions by APRA, as the regulator looks to address concerns ahead of the annual performance test. APRA said it identified issues with the accuracy and completeness of data submitted ...

BitConnect promoter hit with good behaviour

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024
The promoter of BitConnect who pleaded guilty to spruiking a fraudulent scheme has been handed a good behaviour order and escaped jail time. The District Court of New South Wales ordered John Bigatton on good behaviour for three years, starting from ...

MLC awards $285m mandate to Janus Henderson

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024
MLC Asset Management has awarded Janus Henderson a $285 million emerging markets equities mandate. Janus Henderson said the mandate showcased the growing need for Australian institutional investors to have exposure beyond major market indices. The mandate ...

AMP snares retirement expert

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024
Aware Super's actuarial practice lead has left to take up a new role at AMP as head of retirement solutions. Estelle Liu has worked at Aware Super since August 2020. Previously, she was a superannuation consultant at Rice Warner and a quantitative ...

RBA minutes confirm potential August rate hike

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2024
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) released the minutes from its June board meeting at which it held interest rates steady, but confirmed it did consider the possibility of a hike. The minutes also confirmed the RBA is vigilant to the upside risks ...

ATO seeks submissions on defining an 'employee'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2024
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has issued a draft update to its tax ruling TR 2023/4 for consultation which determines when a person is considered an employee under the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 (SGAA). The draft update ...

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank appoints new chief executive

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2024
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has appointed Richard Fennell as chief executive and managing director, replacing Marnie Baker. Baker has been with the bank for 35 years, mostly in executive roles. She was chief executive and managing director for six years. ...

ASIC calls out sloppy adviser data

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024
ASIC is reprimanding AFS licensees (AFSL) for submitting inaccurate information about their financial advisers and will ramp up its enforcement from August. AFSLs are making numerous errors when it comes to providing data on the Financial Advisers Register ...

ASIC takes action against Guildfords FM, director

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2024
ASIC has cancelled the licence of Guildfords Funds Management and banned its managing director Robert Payne for their involvement in the collapse of Magnolia Capital Group. ASIC found "significant and systemic failures of oversight and compliance" upon ...

Australian wealth rises to $16.2tn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024
Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) revealed household wealth rose for a sixth straight quarter, by 2.7% in the March quarter to total $16.2 trillion. Residential land and dwellings was the largest contributor to quarterly growth in ...