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Former financial adviser sanctioned by ASIC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
Former financial adviser Shivdeep Jaidka is under ASIC scrutiny; the corporate regulator has accepted a court-enforceable undertaking from him. After reviewing the financial services provided by Jaidka, ASIC found he failed to adhere to s961B and s961G ...

VanEck failed to disclose influencer's role in ETF launch: SEC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
... failed to disclose the involvement of an influencer in the launch of an ETF in 2021. In the US, VanEck Associates Corporation has agreed to pay the fine to settle charges that it failed to disclose a social media influencer's role in the February ...

AMP chair steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2024
... Mizuho Bank in Australia and Commonwealth Bank in Japan. She is currently a non-executive director for the Treasury Corporation of Victoria, Persol Australia Holdings, and the Australia-Japan Foundation, and previously served on the board of Australian ...

Jailed adviser permanently banned by ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2024
A former financial adviser who was jailed for stealing more than $1 million from his clients' superannuation to feed a gambling problem is now permanently banned from the industry. In September 2023, Mark Raymond Sebo was found guilty of misappropriating ...

Challenger overhauls IT, awards mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2024
... $1.1 billion, up 190% year on year. During the period, Challenger also partnered with the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC) and TelstraSuper to launch its RetireAccess Lifetime Pension. Challenger managing director and chief executive Nick ...

Aware Super restructures executive team

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2024
... Australia, and National Australia Bank. She also served as the chief operating officer of Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) for five years. Collins will lead Aware Super's technology and data governance, data strategy, investment operations ...

Unlicensed crypto investor faces jail time

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2024
A Queensland man has been charged with nine offences and is facing imprisonment for running a financial services business without a licence. The charges were filed after an investigation by ASIC, which discovered that Aryn Hala had made promises to ...

PGIM names institutional client group lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
PGIM has finally filled the institutional client-facing position left vacant by Murray Brewer last August. The US$1.2 trillion asset management business of Prudential Financial has chosen Chris Briant to be the new head of its institutional client group ...

AI is not the 'Wild West': Longo

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024
Despite the rapid progress of artificial intelligence (AI), existing obligations around good governance and the provision of financial services remain robust, according to ASIC chair Joe Longo. Addressing the crowd yesterday at the UTS Human Technology ...

Treasury promises flexibility to adviser qualifications

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
Financial advisers are promised "greater flexibility" in gaining educational and training qualifications under new amendments proposed by Treasury. Yesterday, assistant treasurer Stephen Jones launched a consultation to update how advisers can demonstrate ...