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Aust fund managers passport to Japan

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... passport framework to offer that product in each of the other signatory nations. Mark Johnson, chairman, Financial Centre Taskforce said today at the report's briefing that the Taskforce is assisting the government and policymakers to remove impediments ...

Banking on a super precedent

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
... a draft fact sheet template. The third is the proposal for portable bank account numbers. Again, if Bernie Fraser's Taskforce can build his argument about how this would work in practice and then he manages to pull it off, creating a regime for portable ...

Opt in rules not up for debate

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... anything to go by. Speaking at the FPA conference on the Gold Coast, Dr Richard Sandlant, manager of the financial services taskforce unit at the Treasury Department said that "it is not envisaged that the policy will change", adding that the consultation ...

FPA maintains stance on commission ban

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
... code of professional practice," he said. Separately, Sanders said the FPA's newly created Future of Financial Advice Taskforce, which is responsible for developing positions on each of the reform proposals that affect planners, has been successful so ...

FPA sets up Treasury taskforce

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
The Financial Planning Association has established a new taskforce to respond specifically to the FPA's consultation program with Federal Treasury. The new taskforce, called Future of Financial Advice Taskforce, will be responsible for building strong ...

ACCC sounds online fraud alarm

REGULATORY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
... most complained about scam category in 2009," Kell said. Online scams are the focus for the Australasian Consumer Fraud Taskforce's 2010 Fraud Week campaign. The campaign, Online Offensive-Fighting Fraud Online runs from 1-7 March. "The ACCC recorded ...

FPA reviews award categories

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) revamped its honorary awards to emphasise the achievements and professional success of its winners. Jo-Anne Bloch, FPA chief executive, said association wanted to clarify the types of awards available and boost ...

ASIC zones in on accountants pushing SMSFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
... under the exemption. For us that indicates investment advice is being provided." DuPre said the ASIC Retail Investor Taskforce would prosecute accountants on the basis of whether clients have financially suffered as a result of the advice. "We focus ...

Why only bank fees in government sights?

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
... consumer education services, and a regulator-led industry review of entry and exit fees. Senator Nick Sherry's regulatory taskforce may only have a small number of people on it but it could end up being one of the more influential reviews our industry ...

So much to do, so little time

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2008
The US is still undoubtedly the centre of world finance, but no one should underestimate the enormous challenge in turning their economy around. In yesterday's State of the Union address, President Bush said their recurrent fiscal budget is such a huge ...