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ASIC eyes off researchers

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2012
... research report providers after it unveiled updated policy to improve the reliability of their products yesterday. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) said it posted the updated policy to help researchers meet their legal obligations ...

End voluntary contribution age limits: Suncorp

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... older people who want to remain active in the workplace. In a recent Suncorp submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission on Grey Areas - Age Barriers to Work in Commonwealth Laws Discussion Paper, the group says it believes that a holistic policy ...

ASIC wants more pay disclosure

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
Companies need to up their game on executive and director remuneration disclosure, according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. A review of 50 remuneration reports from 300 of Australia's largest companies for the year ended June ...

FOFA: Opt-in obligations, ASIC

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... significant new impost for advisers who are in regular contact with their clients," Shorten said. The reach of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will also extend further into the advice industry with the Government strengthening ...

Less conflict, more interest: FOFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... advice. The next couple of years will be critical to the financial planning sector if the proposals announced today become law - among them the ban on all trailing and up-front commissions and similar payments from mid-2013; a broad ban on volume-based ...

AFA prep advisers for FOFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... proposed changes. The FOFA reforms will be tabled in parliament by spring this year and subject to changes, should become law by July next year. Among the reforms are the proposed ban on advice commissions, the introduction of an 'opt-in' advice scheme ...

ATO appoints integrity adviser

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
The Australian Taxation Office has hired former Commonwealth director of public prosecutions, Damian Bugg AM QC, as its integrity adviser. Tax commissioner Michael D'Ascenzo made the announcement late last week, and Bugg will be charged with providing ...

Coalition details stance on commissions

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
... the face of superannuation and wealth management over the next two decades. Fiona Reynolds, chief executive of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST), which represents not for profit super funds, fears many of the reforms flagged ...

CFD health check prompts more oversight

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
... market's transparency, following a study that found consumers are still confused about the risks when trading CFDs. The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) researched the CFD market last year as part of its 'healthcheck study' and found ...

Hockey calls for FSR review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2010
... licensing regime for financial sales, advice and dealings in financial products among other reforms, according to the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC). While FSR was enacted, Hockey lost the financial services ministerial portfolio ...