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AFCA secures $40m in refunds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
... statements in line with the terms. A whopping 93 reports were passed on to the Australian Securities and Investment Commission, 47 were referred to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority and eight were referred to other agencies such as the Australian ...

Treasury releases climate disclosure draft legislation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2024
... Climate-related Financial Information accounting standard. The legislation would amend the Australian Securities and Investment Commission Act and the Corporations Act. Under the proposed legislation, entities who meet two of the three criteria - revenue ...

First Australians Capital appoints managing partner, receives $9m backing

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2023
... was the first Indigenous person to be appointed an Australian Consul-General with the Australian Trade and Investment Commission based in Houston. Saulo spent close to three years in the role driving forward Australia's diplomatic, economic, and ...

ART appoints new board, investment committee members

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2023
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has made several high-profile appointments to its board and investment committee. Former Future Fund managing director Mark Burgess will join ART as a board director and member of the investment committee in mid-2023. ...

Financial watchdog warns on crypto

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
In a public statement this week, the Australian Securities and Investment Commission ( ASIC) has issued a warning urging self-managed super funds (SMSFs) to consider the risks of cryptocurrency investments. The corporate regulator said that it had noticed ...

Vanguard targeted in bond fund scam

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
... IFM Investors had fake prospectuses of bond funds circulated in their names. The Australian Securities and Investment Commission had to issue a warning to investors. "In this low-rate environment, these scammers are taking advantage of investors seeking ...

ASIC warns funds to clean up adverts

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
The Australian Securities and Investment Commissions has asked 13 managed funds to fix their advertising, and is threatening the wider sector with enforcement action for misleading claims. ASIC says it forced seven responsible entities and 13 funds ...

QSuper not to appeal AFCA win

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... obligations on superannuation trustees already compliant with laws regulated by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) and the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA)," the fund said. "With this issue now resolved, QSuper ...

PIMCO puts Aussie LIT on ice

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
The fixed income giant has pulled the brakes on its $1 billion listed investment trust, as the Treasury conducts a public consultation on stamping fees for LICs and LITs. PIMCO announced plans to raise for the LIT in November last year, in what was ...

FPA calls for axe to fall on stamping fees

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
The peak body for financial planners has moved to reiterate its stance against non-client directed fees in financial advice, as consultation opens into the government's review of stamping fees. The Financial Planning Association of Australia has welcomed ...
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