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ACCC approves Lendlease, Stockland property deal

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) won't block Stockland and Thai property developer Supalai's plan to acquire 12 of Lendlease's 16 residential community projects, but there are strings attached. The masterplanned communities ...

Vanguard to pay $13m in greenwashing case brought by ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2024
Vanguard will pay a $12.9 million fine after being found guilty of greenwashing earlier this year. It marks the largest penalty ever imposed by the Federal Court for such conduct. In March, the Federal Court found Vanguard misled investors via claims ...

ASIC slaps Macquarie with record $5m fine

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2024
ASIC imposed a record $5 million fine on Macquarie Bank for its failure to curb suspicious order transactions on electricity futures. ASIC's Markets Disciplinary Panel (MDP) found Macquarie breached market integrity rules on 50 occasions between January ...

E&P Financial Group seeks to delist

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2024
The board of E&P Financial Group (EP1) is moving to delist from the ASX, claiming the company is materially undervalued thanks to the barrage of regulatory proceedings and class action litigation it faced in recent years. These issues have sustained ...

Lack of talent challenging DDO compliance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024
The regulator's recent crackdown on risk and compliance in the sector has product issuers stuck between a rock and a hard place, with an extreme dearth of talent making it difficult for fund managers and super funds to meet ASIC's expectations. Earlier ...

Reforms needed to boost engagement: ASFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024
Research from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) shows only half of all adult Australians have consulted any source of information on preparing for retirement. The group says Tranche 2 of Delivering Better Financial Outcomes ...

Calls for independent oversight on mortgage stress

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024
In August, Finder's Consumer Sentiment Tracker recorded the highest level of mortgage stress since it first began tracking in early 2019. More than two in five (42%) homeowners struggled to pay their home loan in August with an estimated 1.4 million ...

ASIC updates and reissues RG 121

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has reissued RG 121 to provide updated guidance to individuals and companies from outside Australia that wish to conduct a financial services business in Australia. The newest version replaces ...

Powerhouse Ventures to acquire Aliwa

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
Powerhouse Ventures (PVL) is set to take over Aliwa Funds Management in a bid to expand into micro-cap investing. The ASX-listed firm entered a binding agreement with Aliwa for a consideration of $500,000 made upfront in an all-scrip deal at $0.04 per ...

Macquarie cops US$80m from SEC

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
The US securities watchdog fined Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) US$80 million after a subsidiary fudged the valuations of collateralised mortgage obligations (CMOs) within a fixed income strategy. Macquarie Investment Management Business Trust (MIMBT) ...