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Advisers optimistic amid challenges

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
... found that advisers in all regions had highlighted their professional environment as becoming more difficult, nothing regulation and subsequent compliance as a key challenge when it came to operating their business. Australian advisers reported feeling ...

Self-auditing SMSF auditor caught in ASIC breach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
Advisers should be careful when engaging a SMSF auditor following another disqualification by ASIC yesterday. Pierre Jarjoura of New South Wales has been disqualified after the regulator found he had breached independence and audit requirements, determining ...

ASIC collaborates with Kenya on innovation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
... innovation centre. This however calls for us to assess lessons learned and to compare strategies to balance innovation and regulation with our peer regulators." Muthaura also said the CMA is working towards the establishment of a regulatory sandbox structure ...

Institutions grappling with risk culture

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
... for the conversation on risk culture to continue. APRA highlighted that sound risk culture could not be achieved by regulation alone but would require persistence by the wider industry to ensure a sustainable risk-taking framework. "Ultimately, a sound ...

Life Insurance Code targets self-regulation

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
... built on some fundamental principles - honesty, transparency, fairness and timeliness. It is a landmark piece of self-regulation which should give consumers confidence that our industry is leading continuous improvement." The code has the backing of ...

Insurance reforms get member support

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... reputation but also severely hamper its ability to lobby the government over any future proposed changes to legislation and regulation. The body has already been successful in negotiating on the life risk industry's behalf by pushing back the changes ...

Adviser reform about recovering social licence

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... major talking points relating to the Life Insurance Framework, concluding that the industry must move towards self-regulation in order to regain its reputation. "The reason we are facing reforms is because the industry has lost its social licence to ...

Infrastructure debt funds reaching 2012 highs

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
... under management. "Infrastructure debt is becoming an increasingly prominent component of the infrastructure industry. Regulation has affected the levels of capital traditional lenders have been able to allocate, and this has created a significant niche ...

CFSGAM grows investments team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
Colonial First State Global Asset Management has strengthened its global unlisted infrastructure investments team with two new appointments. Asieh Mansour, who was most recently a senior adviser at Townsend Group, has joined the company's board to oversee ...

MDAs overhauled by new regulations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
... Australia having grown substantially to more than $31 billion since the inception of RG179 in 2004, IMAP says the new regulation is better aligned with current industry practice and demonstrates ASIC's ability to respond to innovation in the financial ...