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Build Your Wealth adviser cops ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2024
The owner and financial adviser at Build Your Wealth has been banned from the industry for five years after ASIC found evidence of conflicts of interest. Christopher Edward Luff failed as a financial adviser, according to ASIC's investigation, particularly ...

Lanyon to launch ETMF on ASX

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2024
Lanyon has announced the Lanyon Investment Fund will commence trading as an exchange-traded managed fund (ETMF) on the ASX on August 1. Lanyon said the listing is a significant milestone for the fund, with the decision to pursue the ASX quotation following ...

Perpetual net outflows top nearly $9bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024
Perpetual's asset management business failed to stem outflows before the financial year end, which saw $8.9 billion of investor money exit its six boutiques. Former investors of Pendal Asset Management drove the exodus, walking away with a whopping ...

NZSF returns 17%, smashes benchmarks

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2024
New Zealand Super Fund (NZSF) returned a whopping 17% in the year to May, outpacing many of its benchmarks. Under the new leadership of chief executive Jo Townsend, New Zealand's sovereign wealth fund is aiming to double in size from its current ...

Charges brought against ASX pump and dump group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2024
Four people have been criminally charged after an ASIC investigation identified them as key members of a Telegram group named the 'ASX Pump and Dump Group.' Syed Yusuf, Larissa Quinlan, Emma Summer, and Kurt Stuart have been charged with conspiracy ...

ASIC bans 'incompetent' financial services directors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2024
ASIC has banned two former directors and responsible managers of XTrade, a trading platform that offers clients opportunities to trade in contracts for difference (CFDs) and foreign exchange contracts. The directors, Shay Zakhaim and Anthony Anderson ...

ASIC delivered court win over Firstmac DDO failure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
ASIC won its first Federal Court action in relation to breaches of design and distribution provisions against non-bank lender and investment manager Firstmac over a cross-selling strategy for investment products. The Federal Court found yesterday that ...

Spaceship returns 19.41% to super members

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024
Spaceship's superannuation offerings have delivered some of the best results seen so far, with its flagship product returning almost 20% while the other achieved close to 17%. The GrowthX investment option, first launched in January 2017, returned 19.41% ...

AAT slashes adviser ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2024
A financial adviser banned from practising for two years for failing to keep appropriate records had the term slashed in half by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT). The AAT varied ASIC's decision to ban Christopher Betalli from providing ...

Former director disqualified for breaching obligations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024
Having been involved in three failed companies, ASIC has disqualified a former financial services industry director for five years. Christian Oey was the director of two financial services companies between May 1999 and November 2018, Clickthru and ...