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ASIC concerns see 18 funds update advertising materials

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022
ASIC surveillance of managed funds' marketing materials has found several instances of inadequate warnings or disclaimers related to performance and downplaying of risks, leading 13 providers to make amendments. To date, 13 responsible entities or trustees ...

Super wars not over: Swan

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2022
Appearing on a panel at the Conference for Major Super Funds, Cbus chair Wayne Swan warned the industry has a fight on its hands when it comes to big structural reforms moving forward. "I was in the parliament when we started the Super Guarantee 30 ...

The time is right: AFA chief

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2022
The proposed merger between the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has seen a mixed response, with many questioning the timing, but Phil Anderson says it's the right time. The idea of the ...

ASIC issues warning over brokers' high-risk offers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2022
ASIC has told brokers to be careful about or to reconsider offering high-risk products and services to retail investors as an increasing number offer securities trading. ASIC said it has seen increased instances of brokers offering securities trading ...

Spirit Super consortium withdraws from port acquisition

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2022
The Spirit Super and Palisade Investment Partners Consortium has not proceeded with its Port of Geelong acquisition, withdrawing its request for merger clearance from the ACCC. The ACCC recently informed the Spirit Super Palisade Consortium that it ...

Focus on providing 'good advice': QAR draft proposals

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
A focus on providing 'good advice', the scrapping of general advice, and allowing superannuation funds to provide personal financial advice are just some of the proposed reforms contained in the Quality of Advice Review's consultation paper. ...

MobiSuper, licensee to pay $250k penalty

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
MobiSuper and its licensee will pay a $250,000 penalty for breaching superannuation advice laws while promoting the MobiSuper fund. MobiSuper and ZIB Financial will pay the combined penalty after the Federal Court found MobiSuper representatives had ...

What's missing for advisers: Atchison Consultants

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2022
According to Atchison Consultants principal Kevin Toohey, financial advisers have a unique challenge in applying a passive, broad-based approach to constructing the defensive part of a client's portfolio. Referring to the composition of the Bloomberg ...

Unlicensed forex trader extradited from Poland

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2022
Unlicensed foreign exchange trader Daniel Farook Ali has faced the Brisbane Magistrates Court charged with eight counts of fraud, after being extradited from Poland and arrested following an ASIC investigation. The corporate regulator alleges that between ...

Palisade Real Assets acquires second waste business

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022
Palisade Real Assets has added another UK waste business to its portfolio, this time Malaby Biogas Limited (Malaby), an organic waste anaerobic digestion technology plant located in Warminster, Wiltshire. While the independent infrastructure manager ...