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ASIC extends advice, capital raising provisions

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... five days in the period commencing 12 months before the offer and ending 19 March 2020. ASIC said it will give sufficient notice if it deems it appropriate to end the relief before the expiration date or to further extend it.

ASIC cleans up 'cash plus' funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
ASIC found 14 'cash' funds with $7 billion in assets had confusing or inappropriate labelling, resulting in changes to names, asset allocations or in one case, even a closure. The corporate regulator found some funds that labelled themselves as 'cash ...

Ethical super fund overhauls fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
... where there is a change to the nature and types of services provided by the fund," the fund said in a significant event notice. "The new fee structure will allow Cruelty Free Super's trustee, investment manager and promoter to further streamline their ...

ASIC provides relief to Victorian advisers

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
The corporate watchdog has shifted to a no-action position on fee disclosure statements and renewal notice obligations for financial advice businesses in Victoria. The no-action applies to AFS licensees and representatives where their business is solely ...

Praemium to acquire remaining Powerwrap shares

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... Powerwrap shareholders tomorrow, Praemium says, unless they accept the offer by 7.00pm Melbourne time today. A copy of the notice will also be lodged with ASIC, it said. Praemium has offered Powerwrap shareholders 7.5 cents per share in cash and one ...

ASIC puts SMSF auditors on notice

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission imposed tougher registration conditions for two SMSF auditors following a slew of misconduct. William Krammer from Victoria and Yuk Wong from New South Wales have breached auditor independence and ...

CSIRO contractor in crypto scam

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
A CSIRO contractor has been sentenced over fraudulent behaviour after he used the organisation's servers and supercomputers to carry out cryptocurrency mining. He was caught out after the CSIRO noticed serious impairment of its computing infrastructure ...

Westpac scraps SG direct debits

KARREN VERGARA, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... steps in the process that have to be done manually. A Westpac spokesperson said employers were given a minimum 30 days' notice to make the necessary changes and that the bank "has taken proactive steps to remind customers of the need to change their ...

State Street cops $1.25m fine from AUSTRAC

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... and remedial directions. For its action against State Street, AUSTRAC picked one of the milder tools - an infringement notice. State Street has 28 days to pay the penalty to AUSTRAC. The global asset manager said the "integrity of the transactions was ...

Australian Ethical rejigs insurance

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... the terms and conditions in its superannuation insurance offering. The ethical super fund has issued a significant event notice to its members outlining the changes to default death and total permanent disability (TPD) cover and fixed cover which includes ...