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BTFM, Asgard Capital fined $3m

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
The Federal Court will force BT Funds Management and Asgard Capital Management to pay $1.5 million each for charging fees for no service and making misleading statements. Between September 2014 and August 2017, the court found that the companies harmed ...

Economic recap: Week to July 23

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
The Delta variant outbreak remained the focus of attention in Australia. The daily case of infections in Greater Sydney surged to 136 on Friday (July 23) - the highest number since the this year's outbreak - prompting the NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian ...

ASIC industry levy to increase

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
Financial advisers will need to fork out an extra 27% to pay the regulator's industry funding levy for the 2021 financial year. Advisers will pay $71.354 million in aggregate or $3138 on a per adviser basis plus a fixed amount of $1500 per licence ...

Victorian government agency hunts for fund manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
The Victoria government's LaunchVic is looking for a fund manager to run a $120million startup fund. The Victorian Startup Capital Fund (VSCF) is a fund-of-funds that was announced in the Victorian Budget 2020/21 and will invest in Victorian early-stage ...

Consultation opens for approved courses

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority is taking feedback on new degrees and courses that should be recognised as prior learning. The consultation period, which opened on July 19 ends on July 30, is seeking to approve a number of several ...

First Sentier appoints head of people, culture

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021
First Sentier appointed a chief people and culture officer, reporting to chief executive Mark Steinberg. Melanie Halsey steps into the position, based in London. Halsey joins First Sentier on September 6. She was most recently executive vice president ...

DWS Group hires client coverage head

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
DWS Group has appointed a head of client coverage for APAC to lead all coverage and provide investment solutions to institutional and wholesale clients. Vanessa Wang will commence the role on September 1 and will be based in Hong Kong. Wang will report ...

Dixon Advisory to pay $8.2m to settle ASIC action

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2021
ASIC will drop its September 4 Federal Court case against Evans & Dixon's financial advice arm for $8.2 million and declaration of 53 contraventions. Dixon Advisory and Superannuation Services (DASS) will pay $7.2 million in penalty and $1 million ...

FASEA scraps three-month rule

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2021
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority is introducing a relief that will allow financial advisers to sit the November examination regardless of their last sitting. FASEA is proposing to relax the three-month registration requirement in ...

Cbus hires from APRA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021
The head of investment risk at APRA is taking on a newly created role at the $63 billion industry fund. Mark Ferguson joined Cbus this week as its head of total portfolio management; a new role in support of the fund's efforts to internalise investments. ...