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Wholesale investor test reform has several ramifications: SIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
Proposed changes to the wholesale investor test potentially have sprawling ramifications for financial advisers and is something some experts say will need to be thoroughly nutted out before the government pushes any reforms over the line. Potentially ...

Australian Food Super closes failed investment option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
Australian Food Super, previously known as the Australian Meat Industry Superannuation Trust, is closing its Shares product, which failed last year's Your Future, Your Super test. Effective May 27, Australian Food Super is terminating the Shares option ...

Brisbane financial adviser has assets frozen

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
ASIC has instigated "urgent proceedings" in the Federal Court against Brisbane financial adviser Sunny Prakash and his many associated companies. The corporate regulator is investigating Prakash and his "related companies" - Principal Financial Services ...

'Just do what you say you'll do': ASIC's message to trustees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
ASIC commissioner Simone Constant says the regulator's new report on exorbitant advice fee deductions is not a criticism of advisers, rather of trustees failing basic obligations, with more still needing to be done by the reviewed funds some 12 ...

The top investment funds over the past year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
The top-performing investment funds for the year ending March 31 have been announced, with all being ETFs focused on international equities. The BetaShares Crypto Innovators ETF (ASX: CRYP), with $158 million in net assets, led the pack with a 163.8% ...

ASIC slams funds' serious deficiencies over advice fee charges

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
A review by ASIC has found evidence of poor oversight of advice fee deductions by superannuation trustees, with some allowing charges of up to $20,000 before raising concerns and some not conducting any checks of advice documents at all. ASIC is calling ...

J.P. Morgan hit with $775k penalty

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
J.P. Morgan Securities Australia Limited (JPMSAL) has been hit with a $775,000 fine by the Markets Disciplinary Panel (MDP) following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The MDP found JPMSAL permitted suspicious ...

Platinum's FUM dips below $14bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2024
Platinum Investment Management's funds under management took a $1.65 billion hit to finish at $13.5 billion at the end of April. Most of the outflows came from an unnamed institutional investor walking away and product rationalisation initiatives ...

Experts weigh in: Will the RBA hike rates again?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2024
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) left interest rate unchanged at the May meeting, as was widely expected by economists. But some have suggested another hike could be on the horizon given less than optimistic inflation data which rose 1% in the March  ...

Macquarie Group profits falls 32% to $3.52bn

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2024
Macquarie Group has reported a net profit of $3.52 billion for the year ending 31 March 2024, a 32% decrease from the previous year. The firm's assets under management increased to $938.3 billion, up 7% from 31 March 2023, but primarily due to favourable ...