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ASIC cans timeshare company AFSL

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
... 2022, the Federal Court found that between October 2017 and March 2019, financial advisers acting as authorised representatives of Ultiqa advised consumers to invest in the Ultiqa Lifestyle Scheme, when it was not in the consumers' best interests and ...

Liberal MPs slammed for 'dangerous' super policy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2024
... especially marginalised women to go without income in retirement? What level of poverty is acceptable to our elected representatives? Or should we be aiming higher?" Delahunty said. "MPs of all political parties need to focus on fixing the housing supply ...

Harris vs Trump: Key economic policy differences

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2024
... corporate tax rise was not implemented by President Biden given the opposition from a Republican controlled House of Representatives over the past four years." Cunneen said the Harris policy proposal is a higher government spending and taxing profile ...

$3m super tax edges closer to reality

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2024
... Amendment (Better Targeted Superannuation Concessions and Other Measures) Bill 2023 was passed in the House of Representatives without amendment, which includes the indexation of the $3 million threshold, as well as preventing the taxing of unrealised ...

Global Capital Property to be wound up

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2024
... million, according to UGC's website. ASIC also cancelled UGC's AFSL after finding the firm's authorised representatives contacted prospective clients and urged them to establish a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF), rollover their existing ...

Federal Court approves AMP BOLR class action settlement

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024
... in breach of the trust, confidence and goodwill that once existed between AMPFP and its network of authorised representatives." In November 2022, the court ordered AMPFP to pay $814,944.76 by way of damages and $151,138.42 for interest to sample group ...

Court appoints receivers to Keystone, Master Shield Fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024
... Macquarie Wrap, and Equity Trustees' NQ Super and Super Simplifier platforms. ASIC said it is aware of authorised representatives from Interprac Financial Planning, MWL Financial Services, Financial Services Group Australia, and Next Generation Advice ...

APRA alleges First Super co-chair breached director duties

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
... general divisions were forced into administration recently, and the administrator pulled the union's three representatives from the Cbus board. Meantime, BUSSQ is challenging the additional licence conditions the regulator imposed on it. However ...

Cbus' CFMEU board directors exit

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2024
... website earlier this week. Cbus' board comprises 14 directors, including an equal number of employer and union representatives, plus two independents. CFMEU directors typically fill three of the six union appointed trustee roles. Rita Mallia, the former ...

Sequoia ends FY24 with 350 advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
Sequoia Financial Group gained a net of 14 financial advisers to end up with about 350 representatives at the end of the 2024 financial year. Sequoia added 70 advisers to the stable but lost 56, most of whom were from "non-economic practices who closed ...