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Victorian government agency hunts for fund manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
The Victoria government's LaunchVic is looking for a fund manager to run a $120million startup fund. The Victorian Startup Capital Fund (VSCF) is a fund-of-funds that was announced in the Victorian Budget 2020/21 and will invest in Victorian early-stage ...

Advisers overlook home equity release strategies

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021
Financial advisers are shunning home equity release or reverse mortgage strategies that could potentially benefit retiree clients, according to new research. Regtech Fourth Line and retiree financial services provider Pension Boost looked at the Statement ...

Netwealth launches mobile app

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021
... considerable time and resources reimagining our client portal experience as a mobile app, and this week we are thrilled to release this next-gen mobile-first client portal for advisers and their clients," Heine said. "Our new mobile app provides our ...

ASIC prepares licensees for reference checks

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021
ASIC released more information on what financial advisers can expect from the new reference checking laws, which take effect on October 1. New protocols administered by ASIC requires a licensee recruiting a prospective financial adviser to request a ...

Retirement Income Covenant paper released

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021
The government has released a position paper on the Retirement Income Covenant and is inviting submissions until August 6. Subject to the legislation passing, the government plans to have the covenant come into effect in July 2022. The new paper, released ...

ASIC spells out IDR reporting

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021
The corporate regulator has released the internal dispute resolution (IDR) reporting documents including a data dictionary and glossary. Financial firms across the industry will be the first to test the documents in a pilot later this year in what marks ...

FAR draft legislation released

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
The government on Friday released the draft legislation for the Financial Accountability Regime (FAR) which will apply to superannuation funds and insurers. The FAR extends the Banking Executive Accountability Regime (BEAR) which has applied to banks ...

ASIC releases grandfathered arrangement findings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
The corporate regulator said it was pleased with how the financial advice industry ended conflicted grandfathered arrangements, with 96% of product issuers complying with the new law that took effect at the start of the year. ASIC found that 1227 financial ...

ROA relief guidance released

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
ASIC and the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority have provided further guidance on how advisers can use Records of Advice to make the most of the temporary measure. The corporate regulator and FASEA said the guidance and case study they ...

AMP North adds portfolios

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021
AMP has added new risk profile options to the MyNorth Sustainable and Zenith ranges. The current MyNorth Sustainable Managed Portfolio Balanced profile has added moderately conservative and moderately aggressive risk profiles for clients. The guiding ...