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SEC seeks to shut down $450m Ponzi scheme

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024
... more. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) obtained a preliminary injunction, asset freeze, and other emergency relief against Atlanta-based Drive Planning LLC and its founder and chief executive Russell Todd Burkhalter after he was found to ...

ASIC intends to extend legislative instruments

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024
... framework." Under the proposed extension, ASIC will convert [CO 14/923] to the legislative instrument format, while the relief of ASIC Instruments 2021/716 and 2021/801 will be consolidated into one instrument. [CO 14/923] was introduced to impose specific ...

Inflation rises but RBA hike not inevitable

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
... hike could tempt pushing Australia into a recession. "Australian mortgage holders and businesses should breathe a sigh of relief as the case for a rate rise should now dissipate," Smith said. "The factors driving Australian inflation at the moment cannot ...

Reconsider the home as a retirement income pillar: Actuaries Institute

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2024
... sold, for example, $300,000 per person or $600,000 for couples. Boal also recommended providing Age Pension means test relief on money accessed through home equity release schemes, up to the same cumulative limits, and gradually including part of the ...

First advice reform bill passes parliament

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024
... may include random or risk-based sampling of advice," the memorandum states. The industry breathed a collective sigh of relief as it feared leaving section 99FA as is would result in more work for advisers and super funds. Financial Advice Australia ...

ASIC appeals judge's call to not penalise Block Earner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2024
... this were that, among other things, Block Earner sought legal advice. The judge said that even if he hadn't granted the relief, he would not have awarded any penalty, citing Block Earner's "constrained financial circumstances" and concerns it would be ...

'Little prospect' for RBA hike despite stubborn inflation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024
... assessment of the economic outlook," Aird said. "RBA governor Bullock stated that she does not think the $300 energy bill relief will have, 'a material impact on reducing (underlying) inflation, but it is also unlikely to make inflation worse'." Finder ...

What's keeping the Treasurer up at night?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2024
... economy. "... the primary focus of the Budget was to tackle inflation and provide meaningful but responsible cost-of-living relief in the form of tax cuts, energy bill relief, cheaper medicines and help with rent and student debt," he said. Chalmers ...

QIC adds to streak of venture capital investments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024
... have them on board with QVCDF," Baker said. "Having previously backed needle-free vaccine patch innovator Vaxxas and pain relief therapeutic Spinifex, Brandon understands how rich in potential Queensland's biotech sector is and what it takes to help ...

Block Earner dodges massive fine

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024
... appropriate that no penalty be awarded" and the company should be relieved under Corporations Act s 1317S, which is the relief from liability for contravention of civil penalty provision. "Even if I had not granted that relief, I would not have awarded ...