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Industry asks for stronger consultation after elections

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... about issues such as "grandfathering, planners registering to the Tax Practitioners Board or the streamlining of fee disclosure statements."

ASIC wants more adviser record-keeping rules

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
... that they must keep records of ongoing fee arrangements entered into with a client, copies of documents - such as, fee disclosure statements and renewal notices - that fees must be in relation to an ongoing fee arrangement and records to prove the licensee ...

AQUA II exemptions unfairly favour ASX: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
... schemes with illiquid assets. Only AMFS-listed funds will be exempt from the lengthy 'wet signatures' rule on product disclosure statements, making it much simpler to market their funds electronically. This, the FSC said, gives the ASX an unfair advantage. ...

AIST calls for accuracy on product dashboard

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
... recommended that the Product Dashboard and associated reporting be renamed as a measure of volatility, requiring consumer disclosure of a measure of long-term investment risk.

FoFA could lock advisers into licensees for life

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
... exemption will disappear. After moving to a new Licensee, the clients will be treated as 'new clients' with a financial disclosure statement required within one year and opt in will start in the second year. Radar Results said that the measure is "anticompetitive ...

Research houses flag 'rating shopping' to advisers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... force from 1 July and are aimed at preventing conflicts of interest. They require research houses to provide greater disclosure around adverse research and have greater separation between its commercial and research operations. "We have always had a ...

Coalition signals super policy changes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... forces. Fletcher said a coalition government would introduce the recommendations of the Cooper Review regarding trustee disclosure and conflicts of interest but, significantly, he signalled no major changes were planned for MySuper. "We will also work ...

netwealth expands its board of directors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
... has served as managing director on the boards of Advance and Ventura/All Star Funds Management. She also chaired the Disclosure and Retirement Incomes Committees for the industry body now known as the Financial Services Council. netwealth managing director ...

Coalition confirms plans for FoFA amendments

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... recommendations include the complete removal of opt-in, the simplification and streamlining of additional annual fee disclosure statement requirements and an improvement of the best interest duty. The Coalition also wants to provide certainty around ...

ASIC to focus on analyst briefings

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... cover their stock as part of a surveillance program. ASIC will be working to raise awareness of the risks of selective disclosure when listed companies brief analysts. The regulator will look to conduct spot checks with selected companies to hear how ...