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HUB24 profits surge 64%

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2023
... myprosperity to further progress the group's 'platform of the future' strategy. Since acquiring Class Limited (Class) in February 2022, the business has performed "in line with expectations" with enhanced engagement with customers and increased industry ...

Fiducian eyes IFAs, South Australia for inflows

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2023
... chair Indy Singh said. Its acquisition of People's Choice Credit Union's financial planning business (PCCU) in February 2022 added 40 new staff members to the offices in South Australia and Darwin. At the time it was acquired, PCCU had FUA of ...

Active Super to face action over greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
... they had added Russia to their list of excluded countries, following the invasion of Ukraine." ASIC alleges that from 1 February 2021 to 30 June 2023, Active Super "held 28 holdings, either directly or indirectly, which exposed members to securities ...

Treasury consults again on FFSP exemptions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2023
... Treasury Laws Amendment (Streamlining and Improving Economic Outcomes for Australians) Bill 2022 which was tabled in February last year, after plans to reintroduce the exemptions were announced in the 2021 federal budget. Had the measures passed, they ...

Are indexes the next target for greenwashing investigations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2023
... not conducted over a significant proportion of issuers of bonds in the Index and therefore the fund," ASIC said. As of February 2021, ASIC alleges the index and the fund included issuers that violated the applicable ESG criteria, including 42 issuers ...

ASIC takes Dixon Advisory director to court

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2023
... of another subsidiary of the firm, E&P Operations. Ryan was appointed chief financial officer and company secretary in February 2020, formerly serving as private capital managing director. On 22 December 2021, ASIC alleges that Ryan amended Dixon Advisory's ...

ASX appoints former ASIC chair to lead advisory group

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023
... ahead for the new group is both challenging and crucially important. The ASX initially flagged the replacement project in February 2015 and aimed for the new system to be live in the first quarter of 2021. The project instead suffered several delays ...

New CFS platform at the cutting Edge: Quirk

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023
... "For our design process, we had 12 to 14 advice practices across Australia involved over an 18-month window, starting in February 2022," he said. "They met with us on a monthly basis, and really helped what was effectively a co-design approach." Back-office ...

AAC at centre of billionaire insider trading scheme

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023
... Biosciences and BCTG Acquisition Corporation. According to the indictment, following flooding in Queensland in January and February 2019, the AAC board began detailing the impact of the weather events on its properties and potential impact on the business ...

ASIC sues Vanguard for greenwash in bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023
... was not conducted over a significant proportion of issuers of bonds in the Index and therefore the fund," it said. As February 2021, ASIC alleges the index and the fund included issuers that violated the applicable ESG criteria, including 42 issuers ...