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Prime Super appoints new custodian

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2023
Prime Super has appointed Citi Securities Services as its new custodian after a seven-month search, breaking ties with NAB Asset Servicing (NAS) as it plans its exit. The $6.7 billion industry fund's decision to award the new mandate to Citi Securities ...

Former adviser misled ASIC during investigation: Court

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2023
... allegedly provided false information during ASIC's investigation into his role in recommending unlisted McFaddens Securities shares to clients between 2015 and 2021. The shares included pre-IPO companies like Steppes Alternative Asset Management ...

Citi broadens custody offering

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2023
Citi Securities Services has introduced capabilities to support dual-access exchange-traded funds (ETFs), affording investors the flexibility to access funds via an exchange or unlisted distribution channel. The global custodian now distinguishes itself ...

ANZ fined $900k over shares disclosure failure

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023
... shortfall. Justice Moshinsky said that if the information had been disclosed by ANZ, persons who commonly invest in securities would have expected that the underwriters would promptly dispose of allocated or acquired placement shares, placing downward ...

MLC Life names general manager, remediation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023
... and acquisitions with AXA, including the sale of AXA Asia Pacific to AMP and, before that, the integrations of ipac Securities, Challenger Financial Planning and Genesys Wealth Advisers, and Sterling Grace. "... Ian will play an integral role in enhancing ...

Perpetual rebuffs Soul Pattinson takeover offer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023
... strategic review." "The board remains focused on exploring options to maximise shareholder value," a statement said. BofA Securities and Goldman Sachs are acting as financial advisers to Perpetual, while Soul Pattinson has engaged Macquarie Capital for ...

Adviser with Investport links sees ban affirmed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023
... adviser licensed by Financiallink Group, a company with ties to Linchpin Capital and Beacon Financial Group, Endeavour Securities, and Investport. While licensed by Financiallink, now Nextgen Financial Group, Anderson advised clients of her practice ...

ASIC curbs high-risk offers from online trading providers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023
... proceedings." For example, in a case concerning high-risk offers, ASIC discovered a provider intending to initiate a retail securities lending program that would have automatically enrolled clients without any vetting and proposed a fee structure disproportionately ...

Superhero Super swallows Smartsave, overhauls offerings

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023
... charges an additional $1 per week administration fee. Members can invest in ASX 300 stocks, 200 ETFs, LICs and hybrid securities. Members will no longer be required to hold a minimum cash balance (currently 2% of overall investments but subject to a ...

Morningstar cops greenwashing fine

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023
... in which the Morningstar International Shares (Unhedged) Fund acquired-and within approximately two weeks divested-securities that were inconsistent with its exclusionary screens for controversial weapons exposure." "The error was identified in the ordinary ...