FINFLUENCER

Financial planning

ASIC has successfully obtained orders to bankrupt finfluencer Tyson Scholz for his failure to pay Federal Court costs of more than $450,000....

Financial planning

The corporate regulator has taken ‘ASX Wolf’ Tyson Scholz to the Federal Court with a creditor’s petition after he failed to pay more than $450,000 owed to ASIC. ...

Editorial

Contrary to claims that finfluencers are a more accessible alternative to advisers, this licensed finfluencer believes she plays a complementary role towards easing inves...

Financial planning

The latest Targeting Scams report has revealed Australians lost over $1.5 billion in investment scams in 2022, with the number targeted for investment scams via social me...

Funds management

A finfluencer who offered seminars in share trading has been found by the Federal Court to have contravened the Corporations Act by providing financial product advice wit...

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Policy & Regulation

The corporate regulator has made its first conviction of an individual for using social media to co-ordinate a ‘pump and dump’ scheme of listed stocks. ...

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Financial planning

Tyson Scholz is suspected in carrying on a financial services business and promoting courses and seminars on Twitter and Instagram without a licence....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

2 months 1 week ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

2 months 1 week ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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A Sydney financial adviser has been permanently banned from providing any financial services, with the regulator deriding his “lack of integrity, trustworthiness and prof...

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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