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FSC Conference: Experts forecast FSI outcomes

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... and disability via private sector insurance and super options. He also expects the FSI to ask for additional advice disclosure and licensing measures beyond FoFA including a distinction between personal advice and general product information. Chipman ...

Licensee under ASIC scrutiny after employing AAA advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... provided by PGW to clients did not demonstrate a reasonable basis for the recommendations made and compliance with disclosure obligations applying to advice on switching financial products. The regulator has concerns regarding PGW's failure to maintain ...

Companies must understand their investors better, report says

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... discrete, public-access and user-friendly section of their websites, to provide, and to update in a timely manner, the disclosure elements of the Principles and Guidelines."

Regulators relaxed about social media: IOSCO

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
... traditional regulatory approaches as the fundamental rules and guidelines already established for advertising, product disclosure, risk warnings, record keeping, and general supervisory control requirements." However, regulators are "increasingly using ...

Investors vulnerable as property schemes shirk risk disclosure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
... Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). ASIC commissioner Greg Tanzer said a review into the sector's disclosure was 'disappointing'. "The results are disappointing especially when, at a time in the rise of self-managed superannuation ...

ASX200 companies 'poor' on gender diversity disclosure

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
... non-disclosing." Perpetual and Westpac were the only two financial services companies who had 'excellent' gender diversity disclosure. "The majority of companies are still applying a largely minimal standard mindset to the reporting of their diversity ...

FSI recognises the "powerful force" of tech

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
... innovation. The report admitted that technology changes are "difficult to predict," but noted that there is a need to "remove disclosure requirements that have proven ineffective and facilitate new ways of providing information to consumers, including ...

BT asks for full adviser disclosure to consumers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
BT Financial Group chief executive Brad Cooper said raising adviser education standards is not enough and demanded that consumers be able to get full access to information about all Australia's financial planners. "Education is critical but assessed ...

Hedge funds risk collapse without middle office upgrades

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... beef up their middle office operations as result of increased institutional investor scrutiny of manager reporting and disclosure standards, according to global post-trade technology provider Omgeo. Hedge fund managers have historically focused their ...

Government succeeds in securing final FoFA changes

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... bonuses and balanced scorecards are still permitted in general advice. From now on, advisers will not need to send Fee Disclosure Statements (FDS) to clients prior to July 1, 2013, and changes also resolve the issue of grandfathering. In addition to ...