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Australian Unity acquires two $80 million mortgage funds

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2014
Australian Unity Real Estate Investment (AUREI) has A acquired Owenlaw Trust Limited, the manager of the $60 million Owenlaw First Mortgage Income Fund and the $20 million Owenlaw Mortgage Trust. The Owenlaw First Mortgage Income Fund is a 'contributory ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... different policy options, including raising the minimum education requirements for advisers and introducing a public register of advisers, both of which have been introduced. The FSI interim report also dedicated a section to retirement income, putting ...

Rename general advice, disclose ownership: FSI

LAURA MILLAN  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... competency standards for financial planners who provide Tier 1 product advice. The FSI also was supportive of the public register of all financial advisers in Australia, including those who are employees. The report said that the register should include ...

Financial System Inquiry recommendations wrap

STAFF WRITER  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... advice. Raise the competency of advisers: Raise the competency of financial advice providers and introduce an enhanced register of advisers. Improve guidance and disclosure in general insurance: Improve guidance (including tools and calculators) and ...

ATO cold calling to test SMSF trustees

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
The Australian Taxation Office is calling self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees to test their fund knowledge and restricting their ability to operate the fund if they fail. Legal document provider Topdocs said in a technical article that "examples ...

Register to include qualifications, association membership

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
The government's public financial adviser register will include adviser's qualifications and professional association memberships by March 2015, Treasury has confirmed. A statement by the department confirmed that the register will also include the ...

APRA's IT infrastructure strains

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... be included as a recognised agency as part of its data retention plans, Treasury is finalising its plans for a public Register of Financial Advisers and the Department of Finance readies the public sector to implement a government-wide cloud computing ...

Treasury seeks consultation on adviser register

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
Treasury has started the consultation process on the public register of financial advisers, with submissions closing on December 17. The adviser register will be implemented as an amendment to the Corporations Act and approved through regulation. The ...

Industry welcomes grandfathering deal

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
The financial services industry has welcomed the parliamentary agreement between the Coalition and Labor to fix the unintended consequences of scrapping grandfathering from the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation. The Financial Planning Association ...

Hedge fund growth problem not helped by new products

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... insurance-related products," Elias said. "In the Australian market we have seen a similar trend, with managers looking to register new funds in order to attract retail investors and moving to daily pricing so they appeal to platforms. Alongside this ...