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Prime to acquire boutique fund manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024
... year. Its net profit after tax was up 16% year on year to $2.2 million. Prime operates wealth management, capital and corporate advisory, accounting, and business advisory, and SMSF business units. Altor director and head of distribution Harley Dalton ...

EQT winds up Mirae Asia equity fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2024
... investment manager no longer believes the fund will be able to meet its investment objective," EQT executive general manager, corporate trustee services Australia Russell Beasley said. The fund, launched in December 2012, aimed to achieve long-term capital ...

ASIC chases 757 adviser registrations

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2024
ASIC has issued its final reminder to the 757 financial advisers who have yet to register with the corporate regulator. As of February 6, ASIC counted many relevant providers who have outstanding registrations. They have until February 16 to get cracking ...

Insignia Financial names chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024
... Hartley was tipped most likely to nab the role. It will be a return of sorts for Hartley, who has previously worked in corporate and institutional wealth at MLC/NAB Wealth, which is now part of Insignia. Hartley was most recently chief executive of AMP's ...

Aware Super restructures executive team

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2024
... with expanded scope through his leadership of the Acquisition, Connect and Grow, and Retire teams. Aware Super's Corporate Development team - responsible for fund mergers - will now report to Travis in the new executive structure, focusing on enhancing ...

SMSF scammers charged with criminal offences

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2024
... Court on April 30. The matter is being prosecuted by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions. Separately, the corporate watchdog acted against nine SMSF auditors in the last quarter of 2023. The actions included disqualification of five auditors ...

Unlicensed crypto investor faces jail time

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2024
... returns of at least 10-20% on investments that included crypto assets through his company, A One Multi Services. The corporate regulator alleges that Hala encouraged consumers to establish a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF), and to roll over their ...

iExtend finds interim arrangement to operate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2024
After being rebuked by ASIC for operating without an AFS Licence, iExtend is now running under a Corporate Authorised Representative (CAR) arrangement for the interim. A CAR enables iExtend to act as an agent of an AFS Licensee, meaning it is authorised ...

ASIC to tighten grip on super fund misdemeanours

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court has reaffirmed that the corporate regulator is targeting member service failures, greenwashing, and inappropriate fees and charges, cautioning the superannuation industry to lift its game. At an industry event, Court said ...

AI is not the 'Wild West': Longo

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024
... stretch to apply this thinking to the use and operation of AI by financial services licensees." Longo disclosed that the corporate regulator is already pursuing an action in which AI-related issues arise, where it believes the use of a demand model was ...