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ASIC to survey whistleblower policies

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019
... of registrable superannuation entities must have a whistleblower policy available to their officers and employees by 1 January 2020," the regulator said. The guide sets out the components that a whistleblower policy must include to comply with the law ...

FASEA attempting to re-write law: AFA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2019
... guidance was released on 18 October 2019 with no consultation. Advisers are expected to be compliant with the code from 1 January 2020. The code was first issued in February 2019 and the AFA said at the time the code was issued it was told "not to read ...

CBA wealth boss to exit

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2019
... is set to exit among other changes to Commonwealth Bank's group executive lineup. Jason Yetton will depart in early January 2020 after just over 12 months in the role. To date, Yetton oversaw the divestment of Count Financial and remediation for ...

Ethics code creates confusion around ESG

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
... investments following the introduction of the FASEA Code of Ethics - which all advisers will have to be compliant with from 1 January 2020. "It is basically the law from 2020 that all financial planners need to incorporate this type of advice into their ...

September FASEA exam results in

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
... advisers have already signed up. The deadline for all financial advisers to pass the FASEA exam was extended in August to 1 January 2022. Advisers that have to meet FASEA's qualification requirements have until 1 January 2026.

Chief economist update: Brexit la la la

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
... held on 12 December (December 13 in Australia) and from there, hopefully, the UK could Brexit once and for all on the 20 January 2020. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson hopes that the elections would increase his party's majority, paving the way for ...

Pengana to acquire stake in US firm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... to grow and diversify the business as well as provide support services. The acquisition is expected to be complete by 1 January 2020 and is not expected to have a material impact on Pengana financially or operationally.

Chief economist update: The yen to dictate if BOJ turns words into action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... has kept monetary on hold since it introduced quantitative and qualitative easing (QQE) with negative interest rates (in January 2016) and expanded further to "with yield curve control" in September of the same year. Since then, it's let its mouth ...

Chief economist update: Good news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2019
... demand improved substantially. The subindex for new orders stayed in positive territory and rose to the highest level since January 2013." The recent strengthening growth conditions in both the US and China comes despite their on-going trade friction. ...

FASEA chief unaware of dwindling adviser numbers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
... ASIC FAR shows, as of yesterday, there is 25,330 advisers practicing in Australia. This is down from a high of 28,863 in January, meaning 3533 have left the industry this year alone. "I would suggest this is a significant drop that can expect to see ...