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Cormann tables adviser register to "weed out bad apples"

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
A public register of financial advisers will help "weed out bad apples," the Financial Planning Association (FPA) said after the government announced the creation of a working group to consult with stakeholders. Finance Minister Mathias Cormann said ...

Senate votes against disallowing FoFA amendments

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... the requirements would be introduced as regulations in the next 90 days. These include setting up a financial adviser register, informing clients about the adviser's best interest duty and detailing fees and commissions. "This is very good news for consumers ...

FSI zeroes in on vertical advice and retirement income

LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... consider different policy options, including raising the minimum education requirements for advisers, introducing a public register of advisers and renaming general advice as 'sales' and mandating that the term 'advice' can only be used in relation to ...

AXA IM appoints Asia Pacific head

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has appointed Simon Flood to replace Jean-Pierre Leoni as head of its Asia Pacific business. Leoni is returning to his native France after four years in Asia. He will lead AXA IM's client management group. Based in Hong ...

A sign from the holy spirit?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
id the holy spirit just give us a sign? Nah Virgina, I'm speak not of the one-third of the 'Holy Trinity' that is central to the Christian faith but the bank named after it in Portugal - Banco Espiritu Santo. Trading in scripts and bonds issued by Portugal's ...

Fed alert to market reaction to Fed action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... was a set up right from the get go - the bar has been set so low that if the majority of the reporting companies don't register a beat for whatever reason, then there's something very, very wrong and it's time to really, really get sweaty. This reporting ...

TPB open for TASA registration from today

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
Financial planners who provide tax financial advice can register from today with the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) to comply with the Tax Agent Services Act 2009 (TASA). The TPB has sent all Australian financial services licensees (AFSL) instructions ...

Treasury contemplates TASA relief for experienced advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... TASA is scheduled to come into effect on July 1, 2017, and it will require financial advisers who provide tax advice to register as tax (financial) advisers with the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB). However, the exposure draft highlights that advisers ...

Vision Super merges its two funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
Victoria-based superannuation funds Vision Super Fund (VSF) and Local Authorities Superannuation Fund (LASF) have announced they will merge. The two funds already share the same trustee and the same branding (Vision Super), but are registered as two ...

Investors should take responsibility for themselves: Medcraft

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
... Medcraft said. "We welcome the inquiry; we see it as an opportunity to focus on issues such as competency, training and a register for advisers. We see it as constructive. We'll see what happens." The Senate Economics Committee chair, Senator Mark Bishop ...