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FAAA to work with Treasury on CSLR

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2024
The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) said it has met with minister for financial services Stephen Jones to raise key concerns regarding the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR). FAAA chief executive Sarah Abood and chair David Sharpe ...

Recordkeeping breach costs RBC, BNY Mellon US$85m

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2024
... SEC argued that failure to do so deprives it from conducting its investigations. Ameriprise Financial Services, Edward D. Jones & Co, LPL Financial, Raymond James & Associates each agreed to pay the largest penalty of US$50 million. Smaller firms such ...

SEC seeks to shut down $450m Ponzi scheme

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024
... money to pay returns to existing investors, with Burkhalter stealing millions to fund a lavish lifestyle," Nekia Hackworth Jones, director of the SEC's Atlanta Regional Office, said. "Investors should be vigilant when they encounter aggressive sellers ...

ASFA pushes for tax redistribution to benefit low-income workers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024
... widespread impact for people's retirement outcomes," she added. Assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones told Financial Standard that the government is committed to delivering financial security in retirement through its ...

Industry demands action to stop abusers claiming victims' super

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2024
... Funds of Australia (ASFA), Super Members Council (SMC), and Women in Super have appealed to assistant treasurer Stephen Jones and other "key ministers" to reform superannuation death benefit laws to ensure family violence perpetrators can't profit ...

Another chair for Sequoia

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2024
... to oust chief executive Garry Crole, who recently renewed his contract until 2026. Dissident shareholders, including Tony Jones and Michael Glennon, pushed for the removal of Crole and non-executive director Kevin Pattison at an Extraordinary General ...

WAM calls to save in-person AGMs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2024
Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones announced this month a review to consider making temporary changes to the Corporations Act to allow hybrid and virtual-only AGMs permanently, a move which Wilson Asset Management chief executive Geoff Wilson said is ...

Rogue Sequoia shareholders slapped with orders

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024
... This follows the panel making a declaration of "unacceptable circumstances" in late June. The orders include Anthony "Tony" Jones, his companies Cojones and Vonetta (or A. Jones Group), and Glennon Group not to exercise any voting rights or acquire any ...

Government lifts funding to preserve banking in the Pacific

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024
... global financial system. At stake here is the ability of the Pacific to engage with the world." Assistant treasurer Stephen Jones told the forum, which was organised by the Australian and US government, that between 2011 and 2022, the Pacific region ...

First advice reform bill passes parliament

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024
... approach can continue, minimising additional documentation requests to advisers," she said. Assistant treasurer Stephen Jones said the legislation clarifies that Australians can use their superannuation accounts to pay for personal financial advice about ...