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ASIC takes Dixon Advisory director to court

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2023
ASIC is taking former Dixon Advisory & Superannuation Services (DASS) director Paul Ryan to the Federal Court in an alleged breach of duties that led to creditors suffering significant losses. The corporate regulator believes Ryan put the interests ...

Former director pleads guilty to super misuse

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2023
Mudasir Mohammed Naseeruddin has pleaded guilty to misconduct charges after he encouraged investors to move their super into a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) to lend those funds to his two companies. Naseeruddin admitted guilt to two charges ...

Trustees to disclose more remuneration details

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023
APRA will force superannuation funds to provide more details into how they pay executives, particularly wanting deeper insight into how variable remuneration is rewarded. The prudential regulator has updated Prudential Standard CPS 511 Remuneration ...

Advice from Shartru failed best interests duty, ASIC says

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2023
ASIC has imposed additional licence conditions on dealer group Shartru Wealth Management, saying representatives have not been adequately supervised, leading to some financial advice provided failing the best interests duty. The additional conditions ...

AAC at centre of billionaire insider trading scheme

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023
The British billionaire owner of Tottenham Hotspur and majority shareholder of Australian Agricultural Co, Joe Lewis, has been criminally charged in New York for orchestrating a "brazen insider trading scheme." Lewis, founder of investment firm Tavistock ...

New Vanguard regional ETF capital markets lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023
Vanguard Australia has appointed a new lead for the Asia Pacific region who will oversee ETF capital markets as the incumbent takes up another role within the firm. Adam DeSanctis, who most recently had a stint in personalised indexing for financial ...

Major economies buoyed by tight jobs market

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2023
Resilient job markets are keeping major economies above water, staring down the threat of a global recession, as well as geopolitical and climate woes. Newly released ABS figures show that Australia's labour market remained strong in June, adding ...

Diversa loses key super fund mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2023
One of the largest superannuation funds on Diversa's books has signed with a new trustee, in what the fund's described as "positive news." Future Super moved to Equity Trustees this month, dumping Diversa which has served as trustee since its ...

Australian ETF industry crosses $150bn milestone

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2023
The ETF industry in Australia has surpassed $150 billion in funds under management, bolstered by net inflows of $4.8 billion since the start of 2023. Betashares chief executive Alex Vynokur highlighted that ETF adoption among Australian investors is ...

AZ NGA welcomes head of M&A

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2023
AZ Next Generation Advisory (AZ NGA) has appointed Yasemin Onat to lead future mergers and acquisitions. At the same time, Andrew Symes joins as general counsel and company secretary. The firm recently added the role of general counsel role to its standing ...