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AFCA outlines systemic issues in wealth management

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2023
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has shed light on what it considers systemic shortcomings in the superannuation, investment, and financial advice industries. The AFCA Systemic Issues Insights report identified multiple instances ...

Finfluencer barred from running online advice business

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 14 APR 2023
The Federal Court has said Tyson Scholz, otherwise known as ASX Wolf, cannot continue his online business, with permanent injunctions placed on the finfluencer. Late last year, the Court found Scholz had contravened s911A of the Corporations Act by ...

ASIC cans Binance AFSL

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2023
ASIC cancelled the financial services licence of Binance following concerns about the cryptocurrency exchange's operations in Australia. Effective April 6, the AFSL of Oztures Trading, which trades as Binance Australia Derivatives, was cancelled. From ...

Linchpin, Endeavour directors found guilty

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2023
The Federal Court has determined that four current and former directors of the now defunct Linchpin Capital Group and Endeavour Securities breached their duties and didn't serve investors' best interests. The court found that, between 2015 and ...

ASIC revisits IDPS sunsetting orders

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2023
ASIC is seeking feedback from the investment management sector as it reviews investor directed portfolio services (IDPS) and IDPS-like schemes, with a focus on remaking sunsetting class orders. ASIC has released Consultation Paper 369 (CP369) Remaking ...

QAR does not "trash" FoFA: Anderson

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
The Quality of Advice Review's final report (QAR) does not "trash" or go against the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms, says Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive Philip Anderson. Labeling QAR "the most important review of ...

Super fund advice needs more guardrails: Conference

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2023
Loosening financial advice regulation under the Quality of Advice Review proposals would highly benefit superannuation fund members, but many are convinced that this only works in theory. The Quality of Advice Review chair Michelle Levy stuck to her ...

"A lawyer's picnic": QAR report slammed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
Consumer bodies have criticised the Quality of Advice Review's final report, saying the proposals create a two-tier system whereby poorer Australians will only be able to access conflicted advice. Super Consumers Australia director Xavier O'Halloran ...

My mind has not been changed: Levy

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023
Financial advisers and non-relevant providers should share the load when it comes to giving simpler financial advice, Michelle Levy maintains. As previously flagged in the draft proposals, Levy has suggested the Corporations Act be amended to provide ...

Treasury releases Quality of Advice Review final report

CASSANDRA BALDINI, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023
True to her word, Quality of Advice Review chair Michelle Levy's final report contains few surprises, however her recommendations include the introduction of both a Good Advice Duty and a Statutory Best Interests Duty. The 267-page final report ...