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ASIC cancels Financial Services Group Australia's AFSL

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025
... entities associated with him in connection with its investigations concerning the two funds. Certain authorised representatives of FSGA provided personal financial product advice to consumers who invested in the Shield Master Fund and the First Guardian ...

Islamic finance industry association established

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
... IFIA, we intend to strengthen our engagement and relationships with our stakeholders, including consumers, their representatives, policymakers and regulators, to ensure we deeply understand their views." "The Islamic Finance and Investments Association ...

Responsible investing buoyed by instos: RIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2025
... true to label responsible funds, with over 350 products now certified," Hegarty said. "We are now bolstered by representatives from all aspects of the investment market. Asset managers, research and data providers, banks, insurers, and of course asset ...

ASIC accuses Kalkine of providing unlicensed advice

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2025
... has told Kalkine it must appoint an independent compliance consultant to address concerns its customer service representatives have been giving unlicensed advice. Kalkine is an equity research house which produces stock analysis and buy, hold and sell ...

AFCA looks to expand jurisdiction over receiving banks in scams

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... uncomplying financial firms; require the use of approved communication channels; cease interactions with paid representatives who are not AFCA members; and the removal of AFCA's legacy Rules section, where the legacy jurisdiction has already closed at ...

Daniel Mulino takes over financial services portfolio

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
... to the portfolio. With an extensive background in economic policy, he was most recently chair of the House of Representatives Economics Committee. Mulino has previously consulted to the World Bank and the US Federal Reserve and is a former economic adviser ...

Labor vs Liberal: Which government is better for Australian stocks?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
Labor has secured 93 of the 150 seats up for grabs in the House of Representatives, with a few still in doubt - more than Kevin Rudd or Bob Hawke claimed in their maiden election victories - but does this historic win over the Coalition spell bad news ...

Licensees slash compliance spending: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025
... also asked licensees about how they manage conflicts of interest. Two thirds of smaller businesses with up to 50 representatives said they have no conflicts of interest whatsoever. One third of larger businesses have the same sentiment. Derham said this ...

Shield Master Fund terminated, new receivers for Keystone Asset Management

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2025
... statements for the fund. It then sought to have the fund's assets frozen. ASIC said it was aware of authorised representatives from Interprac Financial Planning, MWL Financial Services, Financial Services Group Australia, and Next Generation Advice having ...

CSLR costs driven by poor advice: AFCA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
... details online to secure a superannuation 'comparison'," Singh said. "These calls are typically from unlicensed representatives who persuade consumers to switch to an SMSF and invest in a specific product. While AFCA can't consider the actions of unlicensed ...