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ASIC releases CCIV guidelines

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2022
ASIC has released long-awaited regulatory guidelines relating to the registration and licensing requirements for Corporate Collective Investment Vehicles ahead of its July 1 implementation date. The information sheet (INFO 272) and report (REP 728) ...

BTC Markets gains ASFL

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
Melbourne-based BTC Markets has become Australia's first crypto exchange to successfully go through the full AFSL application process, via sister company BTCM Payments. BTC Markets said the AFSL will enable it to further bridge the crypto and traditional ...

Clear up uncertainty: AFA, FPA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2022
Both the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) have used their submissions to the Quality of Advice Review to call for regulatory certainty. Releasing their submissions yesterday, both industry ...

MSC Group launches Singaporean fund service

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2022
MSC Group has launched its fund services platform in Singapore after receiving a local capital markets licence. Its wholly owned subsidiary MSC Capital Partners Pte Ltd was issued the licence by the monetary authority of Singapore at the end of May. ...

APRA sheds light on YFYS Performance Test

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
The prudential regulator has clarified Canberra's Your Future, Your Super performance test by adding new answers to its website. The test applies from July 2021, to My Super products and from July 2022 to trustee-directed products. APRA said it ...

Mammoth aggregate returns for ETF investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2022
Research from Stockspot has found that Australian investors made $10 billion in returns by investing in ETFs over the past 12 months. Despite market turmoil, rising inflation and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, research illustrated that the Australian ...

WAM Leaders, AEG to merge

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2022
... strategies and strong focus on fully-franked dividend income for shareholders deliver them a deservedly unrivalled position in the LIC space, and I very much look forward to working with them." If it goes ahead, Fisher will be asked to join the WAM Leaders ...

Blackstone one step closer on Crown deal

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2022
The NSW Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority has affirmed Blackstone's suitability to hold a casino license in NSW. This latest regulatory approval paves the way for the private equity manager to become the operator of the Crown Sydney casino. Blackstone ...

ASIC freezes assets of unlicensed property mogul

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022
The corporate regulator obtained interim orders from the Federal Court to freeze the assets of Sasha Hopkins and two of his companies, alleging he was misleading clients and running a financial service business without a licence. ASIC alleges that Hopkins ...

Padua appoints head of technical advice

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022
Rudy Haddad has been appointed to head of technical advice overseeing the firm's technical capabilities across its software, services, research and data divisions. With over 23 years' experience in financial advice, Haddad joins Padua from Wealth Market ...