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Linchpin, Endeavour directors found guilty

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2023
... chair of the Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals. All four were banned from providing financial services for five years in November 2019. Much of the money was allegedly used by Linchpin to make loans to itself and then-subsidiary ...

Government targets ASX dominance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2023
... services. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the legislative changes were part of a larger plan to strengthen Australia's financial system. "The changes seek to provide any emerging competitors with fair, transparent and non-discriminatory access to market ...

NZ advisers begin new licensing regime

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
... on the Financial Service Providers Register," he said. The new licensing requirements were mandated by the Financial Services Legislation Amendment Act (FSLAA), which took effect in 2019. The act also mandates advisers to adhere to the Code of Professional ...

US agencies act to prevent crisis

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2023
... removed. Shareholders and certain unsecured debtholders won't be protected, it said. The New York Department of Financial Services said it took possession of the bank to protect depositors. The FDIC has established and transferred all assets to Signature ...

Advice complaints decelerate: AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
The number of financial advice-related complaints has slashed by nearly half in the last year, according to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA). AFCA registered 2211 financial advice-related complaints in 2022, the majority of which ...

ASIC bans mortgage broker for eight years

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2023
... mortgage broker who misled superannuation fund members about property investing has been banned from working in financial services for eight years. Christine Betty Childs, who was the director of Think Money and Think Money Wealth Through Property, both ...

Government acts to regulate crypto assets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2023
Crypto asset licensing and custody reforms by the government are targeting subsets outside the financial services framework. In a joint statement, treasurer Jim Chalmers and assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones said ...

Rowe joins Kofkin Bond & Co

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2023
... making the announcement late last week. "As Kofkin Bond & Co continually expands as a multi-faceted and diverse financial services and consulting company, having someone of Matthew's caliber to help 'steer the ship' will be integral to our growth," ...

ASIC commissioner to join Vanguard

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2023
... career," ASIC chair Joe Longo commented. This was Hughes' third stint with ASIC, having served as director, financial services between 1999 and 2003 and as a senior executive between 2008 and 2010. He was appointed commissioner in November 2018. ...

Strengths and weaknesses in DC systems: Comparison

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2023
... which oversees ERISA-regulated retirement finance. In Congress, there are also multiple committees overseeing financial services, leading to regulatory and legislative arbitrage. Contrastingly, APRA has the authority to supervise institutions across ...