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DomaCom Fund names new RE

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... appointing BrickX, which only received 33% approval. In March, ASX-listed DomaCom changed its name to Assetora and ticker code to AOH following shareholder approval. MSC was appointed responsible entity of the fund in October 2017, replacing Perpetual ...

Vision Super defends new but 'archaic' policy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
... recipient may be subject to a law or binding agreement in the case that they are subject to an industry scheme or privacy code that is enforceable. In this sense, Boce said regardless of allegedly determining whether an individual is on or offshore based ...

Ascent Investment mastermind cops 33 criminal charges

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... charged Dunjey, the director of Ascent Investment and Coaching, with 23 counts of fraud under section 409 of the Criminal Code 1913 (WA). These amounted to more than $4 million in investor funds. Five counts relate to failing to act in good faith under ...

Datt Capital sets in motion Koonenberry Gold board spill

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2025
... instead should include vesting conditions based on tangible metrics, such as gold resource quantities verified under the JORC Code, which sets the minimum standards for Public Reporting of Minerals Exploration Results, combined with a 30-day volume-weighted ...

Life insurers keep breaking their own rules: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
Breaches of the Life Insurance Code of Practice (the Code) increased for a fourth consecutive year, with life insurers reporting 14,670 instances of non-compliance, a 19% increase from the previous period. The Code, the industry's north star for good ...

Unlawful hawking practices re-emerge in SMSFs

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025
... Now, the resurgence of the unlawful methodology has been condemned by the SMSFA and goes against financial advisers' Code of Ethics. "The code imposes certain obligations on financial advisers, including acting in accordance with applicable laws ...

Beware creep of cancel culture into super fund governance: Lawyer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
... conflicts of interest and reputational risks - arising from changes in an individual's personal circumstances - became code for virtue signally, 'woke,' or knee-jerk reactions to current events playing out in the news. "When APRA says a change ...

Housing construction lags broader economy by 49%: PC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
The housing construction sector is lagging Australia's productivity levels by 49% and is helping fuel the affordable housing crisis, a new report from the Productivity Commission reveals. The Housing construction productivity: Can we fix it? report ...

FSCP deregisters adviser for two years

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
... obligation, failed to prioritise his clients' interest over his own, and made misleading statements. He breached the Code of Ethics' standards of acting in accordance with all applicable laws and the code; and failed to provide financial product ...

Convicted adviser banned over $2m theft

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
... Australian Finance Group. On 14 May 2024, King was convicted of two counts of fraud under s708c of the Queensland Criminal Code and was sentenced to five and eight years of imprisonment with the sentences being served concurrently, ASIC said. He will ...