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Morrison Securities pays infringement over DTRs

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023
Morrison Securities (Morrison) has paid a penalty of $333,000 to comply with an infringement notice given by the Markets Disciplinary Panel (MDP). According to the MDP, Morrison contravened the ASIC Market Integrity Rules on six occasions between October  ...

ISPT targets success with revamped leadership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023
Industry Super Property Trust overhauled its leadership team, including adding a chief investment officer and two group executives to oversee funds management and property. ISPT said it has restructured its business for success, adding four new roles ...

Hostplus closes infrastructure, property options

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023
Hostplus is closing its infrastructure and property investment options, redirecting roughly $300 million in assets to balanced options. At the same time, it's introducing six new investment options, two of which are indexed. The $100 billion industry ...

Former BBY operations lead sentenced

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2023
The former head of operations of collapsed stockbroker BBY was sentenced on three charges of dishonestly obtaining a financial advantage. Between June 2013 and May 2015, while BBY's head of operations, Fiona Mae Bilton deceived St George Bank in related ...

Vanguard fined for defective account statements

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023
A US regulator has slapped Vanguard with a fine for issuing false and inaccurate account statements to 8.5 million US customers. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) found that the fund manager overstated the yield and projected annual ...

Geoff Lloyd to chair Stake

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023
Former Perpetual and MLC chief executive Geoff Lloyd has been appointed as chair of Stake. In October 2020, after a two-year tenure at the helm of MLC, Lloyd departed following the company's agreement to be acquired by IOOF. This period also marked ...

ASIC issues first-of-its-kind stop order

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023
Mitrade Global has been hit with the first stop order to be issued under the design and distribution obligations' (DDO) failure to take reasonable steps provision, with the order relating to its distribution of contracts for difference (CFD). The stop ...

Inflation rises to 6.8%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) has jumped from 6.3% to 6.8%, adding to theories Australians could be in for another rate hike. The latest CPI numbers, released yesterday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), exceeded economist predictions of ...

Adviser registration extended to October

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2023
Advisers now have until October 1 to register on ASIC's Financial Advisers Register, as the regulator extends the deadline. ASIC has pushed pack the slated July 1 registration deadline for several reasons. This will allow time for parliament to ...

BT upgrades platform functionality

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2023
BT is updating features of its Panorama platform that include improvements to reporting and document-tracking features. The reporting feature introduced last October 2022 will now allow financial advisers generate the same set of reports for potentially ...