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Block Earner dodges massive fine

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024
... managed investment scheme or an investment facility." Karaboga also sought advice from the company's head of risk and compliance and received legal advice from Gilbert & Tobin before launching the Earner product. Judge Jackman also argued that Block ...

APRA warns entities on adequacy of backup systems

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024
... through supervisory activities in entities' cybersecurity systems. It comes as APRA continues its assessment of entities' compliance with CPS 234 Information Security. It said a key area of weakness is the use of data backups to protect an entity against ...

APRA hits Mercer with additional licence conditions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024
... Authority (APRA) has imposed additional licence conditions on Mercer Super to ensure it addresses risk management and compliance management deficiencies identified by the regulator. The risk management and compliance management deficiencies were identified ...

ASIC places stop orders on Trademax Australia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2024
... two target market determinations (TMDs). It said Trademax relied on an inadequate retail investor questionnaire for compliance with its obligations and that its client onboarding process lacked controls to properly assess whether clients are in the identified ...

Platform reveals advice firms' top issues

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2024
... resources, workflow, process design, succession, referrals, outsourcing, efficiency, practice mergers and acquisitions, and compliance. Within advice technology, advisers commonly shared tools and processes that have improved their work efficiency. Calendly ...

SEC approves eight Ethereum ETFs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2024
... structures forever," she said. "Equally, mainstream impacts will mature crypto at a pace, particularly in the areas of compliance and client protection. Each will improve the other. "Cryptocurrency and the blockchain economy are bigger than any one person ...

Spaceship appoints new chief risk officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024
... superannuation specialist. At Spaceship, Beydoun is responsible for overseeing the company's risk management framework, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, and enhancing its risk management capabilities. Spaceship said his appointment "reaffirms ...

Budget 2024: Change to foreign investment rules

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... Conversely, investments in non-sensitive sectors will be streamlined and approved faster for investors with a good compliance record. Treasury will assess the investor, the target of their investment, and the structure of the transaction. This comes ...

Budget 2024: Regulators given boost to combat misconduct, cybersecurity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... ATO's technologies to identify and block suspicious activity in real time, while $83.5 million will go towards a new compliance taskforce to recover lost revenue and intervene when attempts to obtain fraudulent refunds are made. A further $25 million ...

ANZ confirms ASIC investigation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... suspected contraventions of several provisions of the ASIC Act and the Corporations Act but did not elaborate. "ANZ takes compliance with its regulatory obligations seriously and is co-operating fully with ASIC," ANZ said. The confirmation comes after ...