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Investment scams set to double

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2021
... information and bank details," Rickard said. Scamwatch also received over 400 reports and more than $1 million in losses to the Hope Business and Wonderful World scams. These two scams used social media advertising and mobile apps. Victims invested their ...

Government passes continuous disclosure changes

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
The government yesterday passed changes to Corporations Act that loosens disclosure requirements for companies, while also introducing legislation to make virtual AGMs permanent. Under the amendment, companies and directors will be liable for continuous ...

GigSuper eyes $1.5m raise

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
The superannuation startup geared at self-employed workers is looking to raise $1.5 million, as it sets it sights on 60,000 members in five years. GigSuper this week opened a crowd-funded raise for $1.5 million based on pre-money valuation of $8.1 million. ...

Super fund chair outlines future strategy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021
... broader growth strategy, the aim of which is to hit $50 billion in funds under management by 2025. Catholic Super and Equip hope to do this both organically and inorganically, with Casey letting the industry know that Togethr Trustees is "certainly open ...

Advice association shutters

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021
A financial advice industry association, which had been vocal in boycotting the FASEA exam and fighting to retain life commissions, has shuttered. The United Financial Advisers Association (UFAA), which claimed to have 6000 members, quietly ended operations ...

Lumiant launches fact find module

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021
... anchoring the delivery of the proposition in investment products," Lumiant chief executive Santiago Burridge said. "It is our hope that by changing the discussion and delivering on the promise of advice we can bring the enjoyment back to financial advice. ...

AMP shakes up advice service model

KARREN VERGARA, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
Among the changes announced this morning, AMP is putting an end to all Buyer of Last Resort (BOLR) arrangements at the end of the year and giving advisers the freedom to leave the network with their clients from 2022. As part of a new service model ...

Economic recap: Week to July 23

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
The Delta variant outbreak remained the focus of attention in Australia. The daily case of infections in Greater Sydney surged to 136 on Friday (July 23) - the highest number since the this year's outbreak - prompting the NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian ...

Companies failing harassment victims: ACSI

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021
There are structural issues with the ways in which companies handle sexual harassment complaints which inherently discriminate against victims, the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) conference has heard. That was the message heard ...

3PD wins distribution partnership

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
An emerging markets fund manager is expanding its presence in Australia by appointing 3PD as its distribution partner. ValueQuest Capital, an Indian equities fund manager led by co-founders Sanjay Bakshi and Paresh Thakker, hopes to build on its current ...