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DomaCom Fund names new RE

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... to Assetora and ticker code to AOH following shareholder approval. MSC was appointed responsible entity of the fund in October 2017, replacing Perpetual Trust Services. The DomaCom Fund has $200 million in assets and offers fractional investment in real ...

$15m crypto scam costs former adviser 10 years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... Financial Centre purports to be a UK-based trading platform - one that Rogan should have been suspicious of since at least October 2022, ASIC said. It is now listed on ASIC's Investor Alert List, having been added in February 2024. During this time ...

ASIC sues Australian Unity for TMD failure

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
... the suitable target market for its investment product, the Select Income Fund. ASIC is looking at the period between 5 October 2021 and 5 October 2023, when Australian Unity, the responsible entity of the fund, made three Target Market Determinations ...

Count Financial class action dismissed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2025
... in place to promote, market and sell some products. Count Financial was a subsidiary of Commonwealth Bank (CBA) until October 2019 when it was acquired by CountPlus. CBA has acknowledged the court's decision to dismiss the case. CBA had provided an indemnity ...

Challenger adds to board director lineup

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
... broader range of channels." Somerville and Whittle will stand for election at Challenger's Annual General Meeting on October 30. Meantime, Challenger also confirmed the retirement of Stephenson, leaving the firm in June. She has served as an independent ...

Former adviser accused of theft loses lengthy extradition fight

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025
... had invested the money when she had not. Pearson was an authorised representative of Ballast between November 2007 and October 2013. At the time, Colisa traded as Anmar Financial Consultants, of which Pearson was sole director. At the time, ASIC said ...

HESTA sells out of MinRes after failed engagement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... ethics and governance committee just six months after it was established. The $89 billion fund put MinRes on watch in October last year after it failed to take appropriate action over concerns HESTA had about the company's governance, including allegations ...

HCF Life fined $750k for misleading contract term

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
... $750,000 by the Federal Court for misleading the public about a pre-existing condition term under its Recover products. Last October, the court ruled the term would deny coverage if a customer did not disclose a pre-existing condition before entering ...

Sequoia appoints licensee, adviser services lead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025
... director - and former Sequoia head of professional services - Brent Jones ceased to be a substantial shareholder on 30 October 2024 after an attempt to oust Crole. The Takeovers Panel eventually slapped a series of orders on the rogue shareholders who ...

ASIC bans unlicensed WA adviser

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
... industry since 2004. Kendrick was an authorised representative of Great Southern Securities between 8 March 2004 and 21 October 2005, Professional Investment Services between 22 July 2009 and 7 April 2010, Jigsaw Support Services between 9 April 2010 ...