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Small caps boutique merges with Conduit Group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024
... are excited to be merging with Conduit Group. "Our shared commitment to innovation and delivering superior financial products will help us better serve our clients in Australia, offering them unique international investment opportunities in an increasingly ...

ACCC urges parliament to pass new merger laws

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024
... reforms to address currently unregulated unfair trading practices, she called for those reforms to also cover financial products and services. "While the government is yet to consult on the potential for an unfair trading practices prohibition in the ...

CSLR warns adviser levy will balloon

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2024
... rely on website disclosure information instead of providing a Financial Services Guide (FSG) when dealing in financial products has been welcomed by the industry. Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) general manager of advocacy and standards ...

ASIC cancels fewer AFSLs in FY24

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2024
... service. In terms of professional registration, those who provide personal advice to retail clients on relevant financial products had to be registered with ASIC from February 1. In total, 1531 licensing and registration applications were received, which ...

ASIC updates and reissues RG 121

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024
... by employees or agents or otherwise. Lastly, the new guidance has updated descriptions of, or references to, financial products and services, obligations of AFS licensees, legislation administered by ASIC, other applicable rules and legislation, and ...

Janus Henderson to manage new tokenised treasury fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
... Martin Quensel added that this partnership underscores a commitment to pioneering the integration of traditional financial products with blockchain technology, "creating new opportunities for investors, and advancing the decentralised finance ecosystem." ...

ASIC wins case against crypto exchange Kraken

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024
... the importance of compliance with the design and distribution obligations. "It's a legal requirement for financial products to be distributed to consumers appropriately. Consumers should receive the full protection of the law when dealing in crypto-asset ...

ASIC locks eyes on super industry

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024
... handling as main areas of concern. In addition, ASIC said Australia's public and private markets and emerging financial products will form a new pillar of ASIC's expanded strategic priorities. ASIC chair Joe Longo said the agency's corporate plan included ...

Mercer Super cops landmark $11.3m greenwashing penalty

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024
... vital that consumers in the financial services industry can have confidence in ESG claims made by providers of financial products and services. "As is the case in many other industries, consumers may place great importance on ESG considerations when ...

BitConnect promoter hit with good behaviour

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024
... Corporations Act in May. Justice Newlinds said the offence is not concerned with whether Bigatton "provided financial products advice that was dishonest, inherently false, or even misleading, there is no suggestion of that here." "The heart of the offence ...