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Industry bodies respond to QAR recommendations

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023
The wealth management industry has broadly welcomed the bulk of the Quality of Advice Review recommendations Labor will prioritise, with many agreeing that the reforms will fix financial advice and ultimately benefit consumers. In releasing the first ...

Cheques to wind down by 2030: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023
Archaic payment systems could soon be a thing of the past following government plans to wind down outdated methods like cheques. Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down a five-point strategic plan yesterday in front of the Australian Banking Association ...

Super fund ESG options underweight BHP, overweight CSL

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023
Super fund ESG options on average have "sharply reduced" exposure to BHP, Woodside Energy and Transurban while being overweight CSL, Telstra and ResMed, according to Rainmaker Information. Rainmaker Information has released its most recent Rainmaker ...

Coinbase sued as US crackdown continues

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023
... securities offering through its staking-as-a-service program, which allows customers to earn profits from the "proof of stake" mechanisms of certain blockchains and Coinbase's efforts," the SEC said. "Through this staking program, Coinbase allegedly ...

Ignition Advice appoints Sally Loane as chair

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023
The former Financial Services Council (FSC) chief executive succeeds Peter Meurer who is stepping down from the role after eight years. Loane is an experienced chair, non-executive director, and business leader. Aside from her tenure with the FSC between ...

Senate Committee rethinks franking credit changes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2023
The Senate Economics Legislation Committee has urged the government to review laws that would impact franked dividends funded by capital raisings. In February, the government tabled the Treasury Laws Amendment (2023 Measures No.1) Bill 2023 which among ...

SEC sues Binance, chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2023
The Securities and Exchange Commission is suing the world's largest crypto exchange and its chief executive Changpeng Zhao for allegedly lying to regulators and mishandling billions of investor dollars. Binance Holdings, BAM Trading Services, BAM Management ...

ASX lays out five-year plan to restore trust

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2023
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) is confident that it can restore stakeholders' trust and get its fundamentals and governance right as it lays out a five-year plan to rectify ongoing issues. ASX managing director and chief executive Helen ...

Geoff Lloyd to chair Stake

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023
Former Perpetual and MLC chief executive Geoff Lloyd has been appointed as chair of Stake. In October 2020, after a two-year tenure at the helm of MLC, Lloyd departed following the company's agreement to be acquired by IOOF. This period also marked ...

Dexus, Partners Wealth Group airport fund to take off

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023
Partners Wealth Group has joined forces with Dexus to offer wholesale buyers the opportunity to invest in Melbourne Airport through its new APAC Wholesale Airports Fund. The fund, dubbed WAF, also provides exposure to the Australia Pacific Airports ...