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ASIC needs to focus on prevention, not cure

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
... 80s - volume-based payments, shelf-space fees and so on." The panel, which also included Minter Ellison partner Richard Batten, unanimously agreed on the proposal to remove ASIC from the Public Service Act so that it would be less restricted in its hiring ...

Integrate next-gen insurance policies into NDIS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... insurance so are there ways they could be integrated? Insurance policy benefits may also need to be more adaptive, said Richard Batten, partner at Minter Ellison Lawyers. "Do we need an ability to change policy benefits to reflect how medical treatment ...

Murray inquiry should simplify investment tax structures

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... should be focusing on simplifying Australia's tax structure to encourage foreign investment, Minter Ellison partner Richard Batten said. The law firm will send a submission to the Murray inquiry that will stress the need to "ask fundamental questions ...

Advisers at risk over asset-based fees

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2013
... fee-for-service models, and all these options can be managed if the adviser remains true to their fiduciary duty, Richard Batten, financial services partner at law firm Minter Ellison, told Financial Standard. While Batten said that ASIC would come down ...

FOFA disadvantages early move on fee-for-service

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012
... through the product fee in this scenario - where's the incentive for them to move to a fee-for-service model?" Richard Batten, partner at Minter Ellison Lawyers, said there may be a lack of consistency with elements of the draft relating to conflicted ...

FOFA will not be delayed: Minter Ellison

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... there being any delays. It would require a change to legislation to do that and I'm sure that there won't be," said Richard Batten, partner, Minter Ellison. Batten speculated that the government would not want any loose ends before the next election ...

FOFA 'unclear' on legal position of advisers

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2012
... the draft legislation will be how advice services are linked to administrative and other services, according to Richard Batten, partner in Financial Services at Minter Ellison. "You have advice and you also have dealing, execution and administration ...
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