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Former director pleads guilty to hedge fund con

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2024
The former director of Reiwa-Capital is facing possible jail time and a hefty fine after he convinced people to hand over more than $400,000 for the purpose of investing before spending it all elsewhere and paying back just 1% of the total to investors. ...

Clime avoids board spill

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2024
Clime Investment Management has avoided a board spill that was brought about by its former chair and a substantial shareholder. Major shareholder Torres Industries, which is associated with former Clime chair Don McLay, attempted to oust directors John ...

Online investor participation declines

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2024
Active online investor numbers have continued to decline, albeit at a slower rate, according to an Investment Trends report. The report, which surveyed more than 15,000 retail investors and traders in Australia, revealed a contraction to 1.22 million ...

Aware Super, ART hire member service heads

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024
The market was caught by surprise when two of Australia's top customer service executives changed jobs. Australian Retirement Trust head of member services Jessica Rix has landed at Aware Super in a similar role. Rix has spent two years at the country's ...

ME Bank fined $820k for misleading borrowers

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024
ME Bank has been fined by the Federal Court after it was found to have provided inaccurate information about its home loans to customers. The matter, prosecuted by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, followed an investigation and referral ...

J.P. Morgan pays US$18m over whistleblower rule breaches

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2024
The investment giant was in hot water for blocking hundreds of retail clients from reporting potential securities law violations by having them sign confidential release agreements when receiving credits or settlements more than US$1000 ($1518). The ...

Local housing market to reach inflection point: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2023
Research by CoreLogic suggests the Australian housing market is heading towards an inflection point, with the rate of growth in home values becoming more diverse but generally weakening. According to the research, commissioned by NAB for its December ...

Betashares launches 'industry first' bond funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023
Betashares has launched four funds on the ASX, offering geared long and short exposure to Australian government bonds and 10-year US Treasuries. The new offerings include the Betashares Geared Long Australian Government Bond Fund (ASX: GGAB), designed ...

Final QAR reforms open door to super funds

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023
In its final response to the Quality of Advice Review (QAR), the government plans to modernise the best interests duty and amend the Statement of Advice (SoA), while also granting approval for superannuation funds to provide personal advice. In its ...

Payday super protects most vulnerable: SMC

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023
New modelling by the Super Members Council (SMC) reveals payday super could add up to $36,000 to the retirement balance of workers in the lowest 20% of wage earners. A recent SMC analysis of an Australian Taxation Office sample file has found that on ...