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PJC releases MySuper report

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012
... tailored MySuper products. In its 102-page report released this week, the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) on Corporations and Financial Services made key recommendations on the super legislation. These include the MySuper provision be redrafted to ...

AAT confirms ASIC planner ban

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
... for a review of ASIC's decision but on March 14 the AAT found Nguyen failed to comply with relevant sections of the Corporations Act 2001 (the Corporations Act) in relation to the provision of financial services, and that a seven year ban was appropriate ...

Trustee Corporations Association members join FSC

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
The Trustee Corporations Association of Australia is formally disbanding, with its members joining the Financial Services Council. Eight private trustee companies and eight Public Trustees will become full members of the Financial Services Council (FSC). ...

Securitor launches accountant SMSF solution

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
... of accountants' exemption. The Federal Government announced in 2010 that it planned to remove the exemption in the Corporations Regulations 2001 which permitted accountants to provide advice on the establishment and closure of self-managed superannuation ...

Triple engagement but 17 firms get first strike

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... company engagement has tripled. Last year the controversial two-strikes rule was introduced on July 1 as part of the Corporations Amendment Bill 2011 to a mixed response from the industry after the Federal Government received submissions arguing for ...

Credit Suisse asset management appoints new recruit

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
... business manages portfolios, mutual funds and other investment vehicles for clients including governments, institutions, corporations and private individuals.

APRA MySuper changes burden for industry

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2012
... Bill is unnecessary and inefficient, according to retail bodies. Submissions to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services call into question the new authorisation requirements for tailored products, saying the condition ...

Annual fee collation too complex: FPA to PJC

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
Chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services Bernie Ripoll has grilled the Financial Planning Association over claims the proposed annual Fee Disclosure Statement (FDS) as part of FOFA is unnecessary. Speaking at ...

PJC concedes FOFA amendment may be warranted

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
... advice issued inside and outside superannuation needs to be treated the same, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services heard today. While the majority of super funds provide general advice, where individuals receive life ...

PJC hears FOFA lost in translation

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
FOFA has lost its way, according to the AFA presentation to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services currently underway at NSW Parliament House in Sydney. Drawing a comparison with recent price wars between the major ...