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ASIC accelerates enforcement

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
... regulator has made clear it is accelerating enforcement action now that the Office of Enforcement is open for business. From January to June 2019, 10 individuals were charged in criminal proceedings brought by ASIC, 70 criminal charges were laid, six ...

BlackRock appoints Melbourne head

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2019
... in the fixed income derivatives groups for Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse in Hong Kong. He starts in the new role on 1 January 2020. "I am excited to return to Australia and look forward to working with my global and Australian colleagues to provide ...

Chief economist update: Global easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
... interest rates, and later expanded to "with yield curve control". The BOJ's target rate had been negative 0.1% since January 2016 and in September of the same year, the BOJ announced: "The Bank will purchase Japanese government bonds (JGBs) so that ...

FASEA approves more coursework

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
... body of courses approved by FASEA and provides additional choice to advisers seeking to meet the education standard by 1 January 2024. As for awarding credits for CIMA and CFA coursework, Glenfield said this provides appropriate recognition to existing ...

Super trustees to formulate whistleblower policies

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
The corporate regulator is expecting superannuation trustees to have whistleblower policies in place 1 January 2020. ASIC is broadening the whistleblower regime introduced on 1 July 2019 in an effort to reform to the corporate sector. It is proposing ...

Renewed calls for risk-adjusted returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
... achieving its investment objectives." APRA's looming member outcomes prudential standard SPS 515, which takes effect from January 2020, expects trustees to clearly articulate and measure their performance across a range of areas - including but not ...

Cull flat fees for small pensions: Report

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
... funds under management charge. In Australia, some funds like AustralianSuper charge their admin fees as a flat fee. In January, when the fund hiked its flat admin fee from $1.50 a week to $2.25 a week, Rainmaker analysis calculated how it would affect ...

Chief economist update: Bonds do the limbo rock

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
... 23) shows that it's already preparing for the worst. "In a paper presented to finance minister Grant Robertson in January and later released under the OIA, Treasury suggests three non-standard measures would be available to the bank," it states. ...

Inaugural FASEA exam results in

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
... advisers must pass an exam approved by the standards-setting body. Existing advisers are required to pass the exam before 1 January 2021. New entrants are required to pass the exam before becoming a Provisional Relevant Provider. Registrations are open ...

Super fund names new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
... switching roles with Christine Stewart, who has been chair since early 2017. Kayler-Thomson has served as deputy chair since January 2017 and has been a long-serving director since 2009. He is currently the deputy chancellor of Victoria University and ...