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Registrations open for FPA initiatives

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2022
The Financial Planning Association of Australia's Future2 Foundation has commenced registrations for its annual Six-Foot Track Challenge and is now accepting applications for its 2022 grants program. The Six-Foot Track Challenge is a 35-kilometre ...

Unlicensed forex trader extradited from Poland

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2022
Unlicensed foreign exchange trader Daniel Farook Ali has faced the Brisbane Magistrates Court charged with eight counts of fraud, after being extradited from Poland and arrested following an ASIC investigation. The corporate regulator alleges that between ...

Aware Super overhauls fee structure

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2022
Aware Super is removing trustee charges and management fees from its products, which will simplify the structure for more than 1.1 million members. The changes will reduce fixed fees for nearly 98% of its membership who are in pension mode, transitioning ...

ASIC response to Freedom Insurance saga continues

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2022
ASIC has so far secured more than $102 million in remediation for Freedom Insurance customers and is urging anyone else who purchased life cover through the now-defunct insurer to come forward. Freedom Insurance went out of business after ASIC's review ...

Lutheran Super merger imminent

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2022
After significant delays, Lutheran Super is expected to confirm its merger partner later this month. In January, Lutheran Super said it had identified a preferred merger partner, having reviewed a shortlist of three funds. At the time, the fund anticipated ...

Vote now in 2022 FS Power50

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2022
Voting is now open for the FS Power50, recognising the most influential financial advisers in Australia in 2022. In the making of this list, Financial Standard defines 'influential' as individuals who have been, or continue to be, instrumental ...

Barings dives deeper into Australian market

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022
The global investment manager has acquired Sydney-based private equity real estate investment company Altis Property Partners. For Barings, the deal will add exposure to a $6 billion portfolio across retail, warehouse, residential and other specialist ...

Government to review adviser professional standards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022
The government will soon consult on its election promise to remove tertiary education requirements for experienced advisers and look to make improvements to the Code of Ethics. Assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones announced ...

ASIC announces sizeable prosecution list

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2022
ASIC has prosecuted 10 companies for failing to comply with obligations to lodge financial reports. The regulator announced its sizeable list on Friday and said the prosecutions took place between January 2022 and June 2022. ASIC acted against the Blackgold ...

CHESS replacement delayed further, review underway

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2022
The ASX has commissioned an independent review of its long-delayed CHESS replacement to enable the bourse to set a realistic go-live date, saying current indications suggest it won't launch before late 2024. The CHESS replacement project has been underway ...