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Treasury to scrap advice admin burdens, boosts intra-fund advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023
... will be more flexibility to how Financial Service Guides (FSGs) will be provided (Recommendation 10), while standardised consumer consent requirements will be introduced to classify a consumer as a wholesale or sophisticated client (accepted in principle ...

Perth-based Ponzi scheme shut down by court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2023
... ASIC executive director financial services enforcement Tim Mullaly said: "ASIC is actively engaging with industry and consumer advocacy groups to raise awareness about the risks associated with unlicensed advisors and providing guidance on identifying ...

Growth, quality stocks to outperform: Podcast

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2023
... will flourish over the long term. "You need people to lose jobs for inflation to come down in such an economy because consumer sentiment is still very strong and the consumers are driving the market in places like the US at the moment," Taw said in the ...

FSC updates TMD template for fund managers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023
The Financial Services Council (FSC) released an updated template Target Market Determination (TMD) to promote regulatory best practice in the funds management industry. This follows ASIC's recent regulatory action against Spaceship and Mitrade Global ...

Ignition Advice appoints Sally Loane as chair

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023
... gap," she said. Loane highlighted simplified regulation and innovation through digital tools while maintaining important consumer safeguards, will be crucial to improving affordability and access to financial advice. "There has never been a more important ...

ASIC chair calls out greenhushing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2023
... of important moves towards greater transparency and higher disclosure standards. Moves that benefit us all, from the consumer to the investor, to companies themselves - to say nothing of the planet." Longo referenced a recent ASIC report that summarised ...

AI in ESG: Risk or opportunity?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023
... relevant for businesses in sectors that directly interact with customers or communities, such as financials, healthcare, and consumer services. "The biggest challenge is around the quality and transparency of data," Cairns said. "The outputs of AI are ...

Quality stocks outperform on average: Bell AM

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023
... returns and capital they're very steady," he said. "These companies might not be the fastest in terms of growth, think consumer staples and health care, but they will compound earnings quite nicely. They're not going to grow 30% but the earnings ...

MAX Awards recognises best of the best

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
... Executive of the Year - Distribution category. The exchange-traded fund specialist also won Marketing Campaign of the Year - Consumer. Generation Life stood out in the Marketing Campaign of the Year - Industry category for its tax-aware investing campaign. ...

Spaceship told to cease super, funds distribution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
Spaceship is the first superannuation fund to be slapped with stop orders, which have also been applied to its Voyager Funds series. The orders apply to the Spaceship Earth Portfolio, Spaceship Origin Portfolio, Spaceship Universe Portfolio, and Spaceship ...