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ALRC should prioritise advice regulations: FPA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022
... Australia (FPA) has said the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) should prioritise advice regulations in its ongoing review of financial services law. In its latest submission to the ALRC review of the Legislative Framework for Corporations, the ...

ASIC suspends, cancels AFSLs

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2022
... for reinstatement of its AFCA membership. Both QFML and ASFL Group may apply to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for a review of ASIC's decision.

Financial advice among most qualified professions: Analysis

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2022
... suggests the advice sector is now among the most highly educated professions in Australia. Rainmaker Information's 2022 review of advisers' ASIC-recognised qualifications shows 82% of advisers' tertiary qualifications specifically relate to financial ...

ASIC launches civil action against American Express

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2022
... credit cards would be appropriate for and how the cards should be distributed. The DDO also requires credit card issuers to review credit card TMDs if they become aware of an event or circumstance indicating the TMD is no longer appropriate. ASIC alleges ...

Corporate super plan seeks merger partner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2022
A $2.3 billion corporate super fund has commenced the search for a successor fund following an independent review that found it would struggle to satisfy members' best interests in two years' time. The Alcoa of Australia Retirement Plan has ...

Crescent Wealth responds to PDS error criticism

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022
... they'd otherwise been led to believe would be charged. As a result of the misreporting, Equity Trustees is conducting a review of Crescent Wealth and will take "appropriate action" in response to an independent expert's findings as it seeks to ...

Financially stressed Aussies believe advice could improve well-being

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022
... it. "We need to break down the barriers Australians face in getting financial advice, so we support the Quality of Advice Review. It's challenging the industry to think differently about how advice can be delivered by super funds." Among the respondents ...

Millions of retirees will benefit from QAR

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2022
The Quality of Advice Review's (QAR) proposals will help an additional two million retirees spend $22.5 billion more and leave $6 billion less in bequests annually by the year 2040. According to data released by the Financial Services Council (FSC) ...

Pension fund buys up iconic Aussie vineyards

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2022
... both SPV and PSP Investments' global wine portfolio," he said. The partnership has been approved by the Foreign Investment Review Board.

Financial advice adds $150k in retirement: Analysis

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2022
... efficiently served through a digital solution." Stewart said one of the fund's key pieces of feedback to the Quality of Advice Review was around increasing funds' ability to provide financial advice. This was one of the main proposals put forward by ...