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AFA slams new SOA measures

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021
... interference by the regulators," Anderson said. From July 1, new laws mandated all ongoing fee clients to receive a Fee Disclosure Statement each year, that sets out the services provided, fees paid over the last year, as well as the services to be provided ...

ASIC takes on NAB for fee-for-no service breaches

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... recognise that our clients were entitled to expect that they would be given on every occasion timely and accurate fee disclosure statement in accordance with our obligations at law," the bank's lawyers said. "We and the bank deeply regret that the ...

ASIC releases ongoing fee obligations guidance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
... obligations will take effect. These are new obligations that must be carried out on top of providing clients a fee disclosure statement (FDS), which has been in place since 1 July 2012. The information sheet covers three areas: ongoing fee arrangements ...

Advisers win annual renew law relief

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
The federal government will introduce a carve out to help financial advisers to meet their ongoing fee disclosure obligations. Senator Jane Hume announced this evening that advisers will have 60 days to provide clients an estimate of fees they will ...

Former adviser hit with three-year ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
... disclose costs in advice documents and the consequences of switching products. He did not provide clients with fee disclosure statements within the 60-day statutory timeframe and failed to provide compliant renewal notices in relation to ongoing fee ...

Potential small carve out for annual renewal law

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
... the changes. Under the annual renewal for ongoing fee arrangements, the new law requires advisers to provide a fee disclosure statement (FDS) during the transition year that covers a 12-month period up to the day immediately before the day the FDS is ...

Australia bottoms out on fund disclosure

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
... average, average, below average and bottom and measured countries based on simplified and non-simplified prospectus, fee disclosure, portfolio holdings disclosure, portfolio manager name and compensation disclosure as well as ESG and stewardship disclosure. ...

Key advice reforms tabled

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
... 2.1 into practice, the new law is aiming to curb the fee-for-no-service problem. Advisers must provide clients a fee disclosure statement outlining what is being charged and the services they are entitled to over the next 12 months. This also seeks permission ...

Sydney multi-boutique hires from Perpetual

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... under its responsible entity subsidiary Channel Investment Management Limited. Areas that Wong will work on include fee disclosure, product design and distribution obligations, and corporate collective investment vehicles. In his most recent role, Wong ...

ASIC provides relief to Victorian advisers

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
The corporate watchdog has shifted to a no-action position on fee disclosure statements and renewal notice obligations for financial advice businesses in Victoria. The no-action applies to AFS licensees and representatives where their business is solely ...