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Super funds should focus on 'simple' advice: Jones

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2024
... it, Jones said he fears Australians will increasingly turn to social media for financial advice. "They're going to Instagram, they're going to TikTok, they're going to 'finfluencers', unlicensed, unregulated - and that's at best. At worst ...

FAAA takes aim at finfluencers with new campaign

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2024
... campaign aims to reach Australians across the same social media channels as finfluencers do, like Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, Youtube and LinkedIn. It will also feature in relevant podcasts and embedded on certain searches on Google. Milnes said the ...

Social media influencers charged for promoting shady investments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
... Scott Timlin, and The Only Way Is Essex stars Lauren Goodger and Yazmin Oukhellou were allegedly paid to promote an Instagram account, @holly_fxtrends, to their collective 4.5 million followers. This now-deleted account was doling out advice on trading ...

ASIC clamps down on advisers, trustees cold calling

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024
... cold callers also bypass data brokers by posting click-bait advertisements on social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram. Such ads promote superannuation comparison calculators, which give consumers the impression their existing superannuation ...

'ASX Wolf' Tyson Scholz bankrupt in ASIC crackdown

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... unlicensed financial services business from March 2020 to November 2021. Scholz shared posts on specific companies via Instagram, suggesting he owned shares or viewed them as good investments, likely swaying his audience to buy these stocks. Scholz also ...

Court finds Canna Campbell infringed trademark

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2024
... to her podcasts. Judge Manousaridis found that Campbell advertised and made public her Financial Foreplay Podcast on Instagram and Facebook in a way that she provided services that constituted "advisory services relating to finance", "advisory services ...

ASIC charges HESTA for misleading marketing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2023
... choosing or moving between funds." HESTA's Balanced Growth option performance figures were shown through Facebook, Instagram, and in a webinar hosted on the fund's website, cited in various instances from 23 August 2022 to 18 July 2023. From ...

Power50: Most influential advisers named

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2023
... our 2023 list secured their spot due to their innovative use of social media - harnessing the power of platforms like Instagram and TikTok to guide and educate those who have been priced out of traditional advice. But there's also plenty doing just that ...

Active Super to face action over greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
... said. ASIC alleges ESG misrepresentations were made on Active Super's website, disclosure documents and on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. "There is much competition among super funds for new members, and we know that funds seek to attract members ...

Finfluencers bridge financial advice gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2023
... cohort that finfluencers such as Victoria Devine, host of She's on the Money podcast with a following of 172,000 on Instagram, have been able to tap into. Guideway chief executive Alex Aracas says the company's engagement with Natasha Etschmann, who ...
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