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Courtenay House affiliate faces prison

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... of the financial services industry. Commenting on the matter, ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court said: "ASIC has taken civil action to freeze assets, assisted liquidators and is now seeing justice for investors through the criminal court." To ensure a fair ...

Work, retirement redefined: Vanguard study

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2023
... about their retirement readiness. Among the Australians surveyed who are generally older and who have typically taken less action to prepare, only 27% feel optimistic about retirement and just 23% feel very confident. Commenting on the study, Vanguard ...

SEC charges duo over church-based fraud

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023
... their faith, they practiced lies and deception," SEC Los Angeles Regional Office director Michele Wein Layne said. "This action demonstrates our continued commitment to protecting retail investors, including victims of affinity fraud." The defendants ...

Dalton Street fund terminated

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023
... likely to achieve significant investment scale in the short to medium term." "We therefore consider the best course of action is to bring about the timely termination of the fund," Equity Trustees said. Dalton Street Capital is the sub-investment manager ...

Issuers must lift DDO game: ASIC

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023
... to ensure retail investors are receiving suitable products on an ongoing basis. "We won't hesitate to take further action, from stop orders through to court proceedings, especially where we see egregious failures," Chester said. "We have already ...

Finfluencer receives jail sentence

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023
... the note read: "Buy big parcels of small cap cash backed resource shares at reasonable price, alert H.C Daytraders to the action sell to them at higher price at end of day. Sell to self to create illusion of volume' and sell stock down to yourself ...

Jones calls for taxonomy to clarify greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2023
... have to act on this area," Jones said. "The government is also acutely aware of the relationship between the taxonomy and action on greenwashing. It's my view that unless we get the taxonomy right, the enforcement action by ASIC will only be able ...

Payday super to boost retirement savings for millions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023
... real-time payments will bolster the ATO's ability to detect missed super payments. "This will allow the ATO to take timely action to remind employers who have made a genuine mistake to pay and take more serious action against employers who are engaging ...

Future Super accused of greenwashing via Facebook post

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023
... we were concerned it may be misleading to investors and potential investors," ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court said. "This action should send a message to the financial services industry that ASIC is continuing to focus on greenwashing broadly, in statements ...

JPMorgan among banks to bid in First Republic sale

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2023
... early 2023," it said. Holding up its own hands, the Federal Reserve added that supervisors failed to take forceful enough action. "Federal Reserve oversight proved inadequate for the well-documented and significant vulnerabilities and managerial weaknesses ...