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Class partners with new fintech

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
... month Class also partnered with Rubik to provide accountants with advice technology following the implementation of regulation requiring them to obtain a 'limited' AFSL to continue advising on SMSFs.

Vulnerable clients easily manipulated: study

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
Trust in financial advisers can be easily manipulated, according to a new university study which found a large proportion of Australians were unable to tell the difference between good and bad financial advice. The study also revealed a high proportion ...

Thomson Reuters partners with platform provider

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
... organisations of high risk. World-Check assists subscribers in ensuring they are fully compliant with legislation and regulation aimed at preventing AML, threat financing, anti-corruption, organised crime and third party risk.

TAL upgrades Risk Academy

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
... and skills. Importantly, the program is helping advisers grow their business but also future proofing them for future regulation. We are proud to provide this to our advisers," McConville said.

Life revenue drops, profit increases

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016
... in total revenue. Releasing its quarterly life insurance performance statistics yesterday, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) said in the past 12 months life insurers posted total revenue of $28 billion, mainly comprised of net policy ...

PROFILE: Qantas Super chief executive Michael Clancy

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... market had been going through a lot of regulatory change including implementing MySuper and SuperStream and all the regulation that came out of the back end of the GFC. There were issues around strategic planning, managing and getting the most out of ...

ASX blockchain move defensive: Professor

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... compliance problems that stock exchanges have all over the world. Speaking at the Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR) event, Yermack described the ASX's blockchain announcement in January as "a blockbuster, a real milestone in the ...

Rubik and class form advice tech partnership

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
... accountants who are limited licence holders with advice technology. The partnership follows recently implemented changes to regulation requiring accountants to obtain the newly created 'limited' Australian financial services licence to continue providing ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
Why Australia's banks passed on only half this week's rate cut Australia's banks are being heavily criticised for not passing on the full effect of this week's rate cut to consumers in lower mortgage rates. But with almost 60% of bank funding coming ...

Aligned advisers return to UK

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
... Trade and professional bodies in the UK have welcomed the move saying it helps to fill an advice gap created by the regulation. They say advisers should not feel threatened by providers entering advice as they are targeting the mass market and not wealthier ...