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ANZ to purchase Suncorp Bank for $4.9bn

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2022
... customers are rapidly changing, with a preference for digital interactions and for product design to take into account personal circumstances and risk profiles. At the same time, the external environment has seen more frequent and severe natural hazard ...

OTC derivatives provider loses licence, executives banned

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022
... representatives persuaded Sirius Financial clients to trade using pressure selling tactics and provided clients with personal advice when it was not licensed to do so. Sirius Financial was also found to have engaged in unconscionable conduct and conduct ...

Victorian AR charged with providing unlicensed advice

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2022
... authorised representative Nizi Bhandari has been charged with engaging in dishonest conduct and providing unlicensed personal financial product advice. Between November 2017 and December 2020, Bhandari was an AR of The Australian Dealer Group Pty Ltd ...

Equity Story plans to throw finfluencers a lifeline

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2022
... acquisition marked the first step towards a wider mission, adding that Equity Story is in discussions with several popular personal finance commentators and "finfluencers" to onboard them as authorised representatives of its licence, following ASIC's ...

Don't forget: Adviser exam deadline looms

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2022
... on Tuesday, July 12. If those advisers do not pass the July sitting, October 1 they will no longer be able to provide personal advice and their licensee will be forced to revoke their authorisation. "Financial advisers who lose their status as an existing ...

Ministers told to divest shareholdings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2022
... do the great job of being a minister in the Australian government, that should be your focus. Not worrying about your personal finances into the future. And there inevitably will be conflicts raised, issues raised," he said. "We had the extraordinary ...

ASIC releases guidance on super, retirement calculators

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2022
... tools to consumers within the terms of ASIC's relief are exempt from certain regulatory requirements related to providing personal financial advice." ASIC commissioner Danielle Press stated: "Superannuation calculators and retirement estimates are important ...

Umlaut acquires Specialist PMC

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2022
The two businesses are set to provide a new level of Xplan knowledge and support to the financial services sector. While each business will continue operating as normal, financial services firm Umlaut said the acquisition of the Xplan consultant will ...

FS Power50 nominations open for 2022

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2022
... be screened, with only financial advisers registered on ASIC's Financial Adviser Register as licensed to provide personal financial advice qualified to proceed to the voting round. The 50 individuals who attract the highest votes and pass the final ...

Social impact fund to target essential workers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2022
... income or purchase price like the government's does and is available to all essential workers - no matter their age or personal situation; the NSW government scheme is only available to essential workers where they are buying for the first time. ...