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ASIC cancels Financial Services Group Australia's AFSL

KARREN VERGARA | MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025

... Financial Advice. ASIC is currently investigating Merhi and various entities associated with him in connection with its investigations concerning the two funds. Certain authorised representatives of FSGA provided personal financial product advice to ...

Cointree hit with AUSTRAC fine

ELIZA BAVIN | MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025

... information about suspected misuse of the financial system and this information goes on to trigger countless criminal investigations each year," Thomas said. "We take timely SMR reporting seriously because these reports form the backbone of our intelligence ...

Former adviser accused of theft loses lengthy extradition fight

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025

... time, Colisa traded as Anmar Financial Consultants, of which Pearson was sole director. At the time, ASIC said investigations into Pearson were ongoing. Since, it's been revealed that between 2009 and 2013 she is alleged to have stolen more than ...

ASIC cancels licence of Brite Advisors

ANDREW MCKEAN | MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025

... jurisdictions. The company's Australian entity was placed into court-ordered liquidation in February last year after ASIC investigations found a significant shortfall in client assets. Court-appointed receivers later identified an estimated US$11.2 million ...

Shield Master Fund terminated, new receivers for Keystone Asset Management

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2025

... Shield Master Fund remain stopped pending the court's determination of the proceeding which is ongoing. As our investigations and the proceedings are ongoing, we are unable to confirm the timing and quantum of funds available to investors. We expect ...

ASIC asks for input on reportable situations, IDR dashboards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025

... found licensees were generally slow to report to ASIC because they were slow to identify breaches and commence investigations. It also found deficiencies in licensees' incident management, namely how they identified, escalated, and recorded incidents. ...

Breaches continue as Cbus confirms 'unusual behaviour'

ELIZA BAVIN | TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025

... attack impacting several other super funds. It is not clear if the incident is related to the other attacks and investigations are continuing." Cbus said it is constantly monitoring for threats and warned some members may experience intermittent issues ...

Cybercriminals attack major super funds

ANDREW MCKEAN | FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025

... executive Vicki Doyle said the fund responded immediately by shutting down the member access portal, undertaking investigations, and launching its cyber security incident response protocol. Nevertheless, she said this will be "very concerning" for impacted ...

Falcon Capital, First Guardian Master Fund set for liquidation

KARREN VERGARA | TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025

... Ferras Merhi, the principal and financial adviser of Venture Egg Financial Services, for his connection with its investigations concerning certain managed investment schemes, including First Guardian. Venture Egg is an authorised representative of Sequoia ...

Bragg accuses ASIC of secrecy

ELIZA BAVIN | THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025

Senator Andrew Bragg has questioned ASIC over how it handles investigations and proceedings against superannuation funds when it comes to claims handling delays. The back and forth with ASIC commissioner Simone Constant consisted largely of Constant ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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