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ALRC should prioritise advice regulations: FPA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022
... negatively impacts the affordability and accessibility of financial advice for consumers." She noted that the Corporations Act contains duplicated requirements applying to the individual planner, either directly or via obligations placed on the licensee. ...

Chuck out Chapter 7: Broome

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
Ex-FPA chair Marisa Broome believes that when it comes to regulation for advisers, Chapter 7 of the Corporations Act is not fit for purpose. Addressing the crowd at the FPA Congress 2022, Broome said that for 90% of what she does as a planner, she doesn't ...

Never been more optimistic: Abood

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... education standards. The Australian Law Reform Commission is working to clear a path through that maze that is the Corporations Act, and all of the many associated regulations," she said. "The common factor, of course, is the onerous regulatory structure ...

ASIC accepts EU firm from advice firm

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2022
... and its authorised representatives failed to provide Statements of Advice (SoA) to clients as required by the Corporations Act. The investigation identified the firm and its authorised representatives failed to provide SoAs to clients at least 24 times ...

ANZ told to pay $25m for 20-year failure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022
... loans but ANZ didn't pass them on. The court ruled in ASIC's favour, saying ANZ contravened the ASIC Act, the Corporations Act, and the National Consumer Credit Protection Act. It said ANZ made false or misleading representations to certain customers ...

CommSec, AUSIEX to pay $27m penalty

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... their relevant obligations under their AFSLs and pursuant to the Market Integrity Rules and consequently, the Corporations Act (and additionally for CommSec, the ASIC Act)," the presiding Justice Abraham said. "The conduct is properly characterised as ...

Throw out financial services law clutter: ALRC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2022
... coherent and principled, and "embraces minimalism." The ALRC's proposed legislative model would simplify the Corporations Act, which currently contains a large amount of prescriptive detail, to create a navigable legislative hierarchy. The model would ...

Tech providers support QAR SOA proposals

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2022
... advice needs to reasonably benefit the client and that the advice provider has a duty twice under the current Corporations Act," Henderson explained. "Her argument also refers to this point the greater the risk of harm, the more work a provider will ...

Still work to do on QAR: Levy

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2022
... disaster." She explained the bottom line as to why it was labeled as such was down to the best interest duty in the Corporations Act being removed and replaced by a good advice duty. "In my view, that's a very strong consumer protection provision. ...

Super funds more likely to recall shares for proxy votes: Research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2022
... paper from researchers at Deakin Business School. The two-strikes rule was brought in as an amendment to the Corporations Act. If more than 25% of a company's shareholders vote down two annual remuneration reports in a row, this triggers a vote on a ...