INVESTIGATION

Funds management

Macquarie Group Limited has confirmed that German authorities dealing with a 2011 short-selling issue have designated as suspects around 60 of the company’s current and f...

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Financial planning

The authority has increased the bank’s capital requirement to $1 billion and will focus on directors and senior managers that breached the Banking Act in relation to the ...

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Funds management

The fund is being investigated by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission for an undisclosed issue, according to its responsible entity, Equity Trustees....

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is seeking court backing to force law firm Clayton Utz to produce documents at the heart of fee for no service allega...

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Policy & Regulation

The competition regulator said it expects the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions to lay criminal cartel charges against ANZ and the bank’s group treasurer Rick ...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has admitted it does not have enough information to know about inappropriate payments attaching to direct life sales....

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Financial planning

A senior Australian Securities and Investments Commission executive has confirmed the likelihood of the regulator examining financial advice provided by industry funds, b...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has admitted it has never specifically investigated advice provided by industry superannuation funds....

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has sought final orders in continued Federal Court proceedings against companies associated with binary trading....

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Financial planning

An ASIC review of allegations against IOOF has substantially cleared it on insider trading allegations but has imposed a comprehensive review by an external compliance co...

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Policy & Regulation

Litigation funders have backed moves to pursue legal action against failed stockbroking firm, BBY....

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Financial planning

The corporate regulator has ordered people under investigation to pay its investigation costs and expenses if they are convicted of the offence, or face a penalty....

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My view is that after 2026 there will be quite a bit less than 10,000 'advisers' (investment advisers) and less than 100...

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Jason Warlond

Dugald makes a great point that not everyone's definition of green is the same and gives a good example. Funds have bee...

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Jasmin Jakupovic

How did they get the AFSL in the first place? Given the green light by ASIC. This is terrible example of ASIC's incompet...

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AustralianSuper and Australian Retirement Trust have posted the financial results for the 2022–23 financial year for their combined 5.3 million members....

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A $34 billion fund has come out on top with a 13.3 per cent return in the last 12 months, beating out mega funds like Australian Retirement Trust and Aware Super. ...

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The verdict in the class action case against AMP Financial Planning has been delivered in the Federal Court by Justice Moshinsky....

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