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Dividends up but share buybacks fall: Janus Henderson

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
... accounting for $1 in every $17 of the global total in 2023. Companies in Asia Pacific ex-Japan were the least likely to conduct buyback programmes, Janus Henderson said. The big year-on-year reduction (down 40%) mainly reflected lower share buybacks ...

Auditors lambast mandatory climate reporting requirements

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024
Almost 90% of surveyed auditors do not support the government's requirements to implement mandatory climate reporting and assurance on private companies, not-for-profits and companies limited by guarantee, according to a new survey. The survey was conducted ...

ASIC cancels AFSL of JB Markets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024
... "ASIC imposes financial requirements upon AFS licensees to help ensure that they have sufficient financial resources to conduct their business in compliance with financial services laws," ASIC said. "The requirements provide important consumer protections ...

Macquarie Bank to pay $10m for unauthorised fee transactions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024
... provide its financial services efficiently, honestly and fairly. Macquarie agreed to pay a penalty of $10 million for its conduct.

intelliflo adds SMSF cashflow modelling capabilities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024
Advisers using intelliflo now have access to cashflow modelling tools for SMSF clients. A new update to its intelliflo office software includes detailed cashflow inputs, projections, and outputs within its cashflow modelling for clients SMSFs, or who ...

FCA issues notices to Link Fund Solutions, Woodford

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2024
The Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) investigation into the Woodford Equity Income Fund (WEIF) finds that the failures of Link Fund Solutions (LFS) and "star stock picker" Neil Woodford ultimately led to the fund's demise, leading to the ...

'Licensee for hire' fined $1.25m by court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024
... a CAR. Further, Lanterne admitted it did not have appropriately qualified responsible managers with sufficient time to conduct their roles, nor did it offer or provide training to its CARs or ARs or require evidence of training or maintain records of ...

Life insurers struggle with code compliance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
... insurers continue to breach their own compliance code with more than 12,000 instances recorded, yet the body overseeing their conduct fears this is likely under-reported. The Life Code Compliance Committee (LCCC) saw another increase in the number of ...

James Mawhinney arrested as Mayfair 101 saga rolls on

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
Mayfair 101's James Mawhinney was arrested yesterday and charged with engaging in dishonest conduct for allegedly claiming IPO Wealth Group owned companies that it did not. Mawhinney has been in a years-long battle with ASIC now, with the regulator ...

Qantas Super taps fintech as an investment consultant

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024
... attribution capabilities. The initial phase of PEARL's implementation was completed in September 2023, enabling Qantas Super to conduct its Plan attribution analysis and financial year-end reporting using the platform. The aim of the partnership is to ...