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ASIC bans adviser jailed for supplying drugs

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
ASIC has banned Northern Territory financial adviser Harris Shortland for seven years, following his conviction for supplying dangerous drugs. In December 2021, Shortland was convicted on drug offences after having been arrested in July 2018 for importing ...

Super, insurance, and bank boards' 'poor practices' targeted by APRA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... trustees, industry bodies, and consumer representatives over a three-month consultation period. The regulator plans to release updated prudential standards for formal consultation in early 2026, with the new framework set to be published in 2027 and ...

Active ETF issuance forebodes bigger market share: Expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
Active ETFs are tipped to boom in the near term as the unprecedented rate at which they are issued shows they will take the sector by storm, according to J.P. Morgan Asset Management. Last year, 80% of all ETFs issued in the US were active ETFs, J.P. ...

Financial services chips away at gender pay gap: WGEA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
The financial services sector made a fractional improvement on its gender pay disparity, reporting a 22.2% gap on a median and average basis, the latest Workplace Gender Equality Agency's (WGEA) report shows. The 2024 financial year shows that financial ...

Treasury responds to CHESS replacement inquiry

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
Treasury has released its response following the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services report, Competition in clearing and settlement and the ASX CHESS Replacement Project: The CHESS Replacement Project is too important ...

ASIC clearing and settlements powers to curb ASX monopoly

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
... efficient financial system. More broadly, ASIC is actively looking at the regulatory settings for our markets and will release a discussion paper this week on the subject. These new rules demonstrate our commitment to acting where we see it is necessary," ...

Perpetual calls off KKR deal

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
Perpetual has ended KKR's courtship of its wealth management and corporate trust operations, blaming the massive tax bill the transaction would incur, saying there was no way of getting around it. Since tabulating the tax implications last December ...

Bragg accuses ASIC of secrecy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
... those services meet the fair expectations and standards of law of their members. "As part of that, we are just about to release an extensive report with one year's worth of data and surveillance, focused specifically on this issue. As part of that ...

Convicted adviser fails to appeal prison sentence

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
... to 18 months' imprisonment, with nine months to serve, and to be of good behaviour for a period of 18 months upon release pursuant to a recognisance in the amount of $5000, ASIC said. Grimm's appeal was heard and rejected by Justices Priest, Forrest ...

Life insurers enhance domestic violence response

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
The Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) released new best practice guidance on family and domestic violence that sets new benchmarks for life insurers to better understand and engage with victim-survivors. The detailed framework will help Australian ...