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Bond scam defrauds SMSFs $2.8m

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2021
... and operated SMSFs. Detectives from Kings Cross Police Area Command established Strike Force Tallagandra in March to investigate reports of the alleged scam. Police were told that the would-be investors were duped into investing in fake bonds by scammers ...

ASIC cancels AFSL of Future Asset Management

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
... Investment Fund and Future Mortgage Income Fund. These funds will be wound up and the liquidators will have the power to investigate the funds' affairs and assets. Future AM International has held an AFSL since 2012. Headquartered on the Gold Coast in ...

Australian corporate bond overhaul

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
... bond market. Review of the regulatory reforms implemented in New Zealand's corporate bond market. Government should investigate the impact of increasing tax incentives to support the development of the corporate bond market to create alternative sources ...

Adviser overwhelm explained

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021
... regulatory change to the Ripoll inquiry into financial products and services in 2009. This inquiry was designed to investigate Storm and other cases where there had been collapse of firms of products. This was shortly followed by the FoFA inquiry in ...

AustralianSuper says no incidents of common ownership

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021
The industry fund says it analysed its $53 billion Australian equities portfolio and found no instances of common ownership. Common ownership of listed companies is currently the subject of a parliamentary inquiry led by MP Tim Wilson, who has said ...

Breach reporting guidance released

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021
... retail clients can comply with the upcoming breach reporting law. Information sheet 259 Complying with the notify, investigate and remediate obligations sets out further guidance on how Australian financial services licensees can meet their obligations ...

Aware Super to offload farm assets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... to accelerate the growth of the business and ensure a prosperous future," Hector said. Aware Super will continue to investigate opportunities in the agriculture sector, he added.

Super, fund manager ASX dominance launches inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
... into the implications of common ownership on Australia's legal framework and consumer harm. The committee will investigate the impact of common ownership and capital concentration led by institutional investors like banks, superannuation funds, investment ...

AMP shakes up advice service model

KARREN VERGARA, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
Among the changes announced this morning, AMP is putting an end to all Buyer of Last Resort (BOLR) arrangements at the end of the year and giving advisers the freedom to leave the network with their clients from 2022. As part of a new service model ...

No charges in AMP BOLR investigation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
ASIC's criminal investigation into AMP's fee-for-no-service conduct related to its Buyer of Last Resort Policy has wrapped up, with the regulator and Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions determining no charges should be brought. Under ...