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Growthpoint recruits new chief executive

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2024
Growthpoint Properties (ASX: GOZ) has named Centuria Capital executive Ross Lees as its new chief executive and managing director, effective July 1. Lees succeeds Timothy Collyer, who announced his retirement last July after serving more than 13 years. ...

Advisers show growing interest in ASX-listed Bitcoin ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024
VanEck chief executive and managing director of Asia Pacific Arian Neiron has reported an increase in interest from financial advisers and brokers for a Bitcoin ETF on the ASX. Since the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved 11 Bitcoin ...

Family offices still love hedge funds: Preqin

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024
The number of family office investors allocating to hedge funds increased by 10% from 2022 to 2023, and has doubled since 2015, according to new research by Preqin. The Preqin Fundraising from Family Offices report stated that family offices across ...

ASIC cracks down on scammers

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
The corporate regulator says it has shut down about 3500 investment scam websites since July 2023 to protect Australians from digitally enabled misconduct. According to ASIC's latest enforcement and regulatory update, it has secured almost $60 million ...

'ASX Wolf' Tyson Scholz bankrupt in ASIC crackdown

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
ASIC has secured sequestration orders against finfluencer Tyson Scholz, the self-proclaimed 'ASX Wolf,' effectively declaring him bankrupt. The corporate regulator sought sequestration orders against Scholz for not paying Federal Court-mandated costs ...

Canna Campbell slapped with $114k legal bill

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... licensed financial planner and member of Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA), Ms Campbell is bound by a Code of Conduct to act with integrity, objectivity, and fairness. As a result of this litigation, a complaint was raised with ASIC and the ...

Super funds in pole position for expanded advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... customer loyalty and retention. "Banks could improve their reputation and trust, by complying with the higher standards of conduct and ethics for providing services and advice, and by demonstrating their social responsibility and sustainability," she ...

ESSSuper welcomes strategy lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2024
... driving data-driven decision-making. In the new role, deVries will lead a team of data scientists and research analysts to conduct research, analyse data, and generate actionable insights. Among other tasks, she will lead strategy meetings with the executive ...

ASIC vigilant on bad SMSF advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... criminal charges. Sciacca named one example where a company director was sentenced to over four years in prison for dishonest conduct and other charges. The director encouraged investors to rollover their superannuation into newly created SMSFs and lend ...

Aussies do not underspend in retirement, say super funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
Australians are not underspending in retirement and are typically exhausting all their savings, research shows, sparking a call for advice reforms to be expedited, allowing contributions to be made in retirement, and no mandated use of annuities by ...