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Charges brought against ASX pump and dump group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2024
... group nine times over a three-week period in September 2021. In the same month, ASIC issued a public warning about social media posts encouraging 'pump and dump' activity. "ASIC has recently observed blatant attempts to pump share prices, using posts ...

BitConnect promoter hit with good behaviour

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024
... promoted an online cryptocurrency platform known as the Lending Platform, which traded the BitConnect coin or BCC, on social media and seminars across the country between August 2017 and January 2018. In two of the seminars, Bigatton told attendees that ...

Nominations open for FS Power50

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2024
... educators. The Power50 ranges from those that are active within industry associations to those that boast a strong social media following, translating to improved financial literacy and awareness. As part of the selection process, we also invite relevant ...

Most traded US stocks revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024
... month when one of the original investors involved in the stock's short-squeeze frenzy at the start of 2021 broke his social media silence. In the immediate aftermath, GME shares soared as much as 179%, albeit volatile trading followed through the rest ...

Social media, news addiction cost returns: Morningstar

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024
Investors addicted to the financial news cycle and social media hype tend to time the market and forego substantial returns compared to staying the course, according to Morningstar. The "hyper-informed" investor is one who incessantly checks stock prices ...

Advisers call for apology from Super Members Council

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2024
... to stop financial advisers using third parties to cold call consumers to elicit business or posting click-bait on social media. In doing so, SMC referred to "dodgy financial advisers" and labelled them "rip-off merchants" and "shonks." While the SMC ...

Super Members Council renews calls for anti-hawking extension

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2024
... revived its predecessor's calls to extend anti-hawking legislation, slamming a sub-set of financial advisers using social media posts and cold calling to drum up business. Prior to its merger, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ...

Annual MAX Awards celebrates best in industry

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024
... Public Relations Agency of the Year ABC PR Rising Star of the Year - Distribution Guy McInerney, Franklin Templeton Social Media Campaign of the Year BT Financial Group - People Behind Panorama Video Campaign of the Year BNP Paribas - Green Bonds Website ...

Active Super found guilty of greenwashing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024
... The profit-to-member fund, which is set to merge with Vision Super in March 2025, made claims on its website and social media, and through public statements - including from former chief executive Phil Stockwell - that it eliminated investments that ...

BitConnect promoter pleads guilty

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024
... promoted BitConnect, an online cryptocurrency platform that offered a financial product known as the Lending Platform on social media and seminars across the country. Bigatton faced the Sydney District Court on May 16 and admitted to providing unlicensed ...