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NZ advisers begin new licensing regime

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
... Financial Services Legislation Amendment Act (FSLAA), which took effect in 2019. The act also mandates advisers to adhere to the Code of Professional Conduct for Financial Advice Services, the standards that set out expected ethical behaviour and competence ...

ASIC questioned over workplace culture

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023
... are no ComCare cases being advanced that no one is reporting concerns about breaches of setting the standards for the ASIC code of conduct in your organisation?" she asked. In response, Longo said he thinks ASIC has a very good culture. "So far as you're ...

Victim access to super should be extended: Associations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2023
... and jury and serious offences that an accused can elect to have heard by judge alone. A serious offence in the NSW criminal code is defined as one involving a prison term of at least five years. We think this would be a good definition to use in these ...

Government acts to regulate crypto assets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2023
... said Australia is home to a thriving community of crypto ecosystem businesses, including network infrastructure providers, code auditors, trading platforms, online gaming companies and software engineers. "If the crypto ecosystem matures and develops ...

TPB bans PwC partner over breach

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2023
... information was shared with "partners and staff in their tax practice. ""PwC breached its obligations under the law and the Code of Professional Conduct," it said. The TPB has since ordered PwC to have processes and training in place to ensure conflicts ...

Mixed outlook for paraplanning: Study

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2023
... every licensee interprets the law a different way making writing SoAs time consuming, confusing for clients, and hard to code into technology," the survey said. Most paraplanners believe that a short-form document can be created easily and presented ...

FSC releases claims handling standard for super funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2023
... commenced on a voluntary compliance basis; full mandatory compliance will start July 1 in line with the new Life Insurance Code of Practice. The FSC said the new standard includes commitments for trustees to assist members in navigating the claims process. ...

ALRC should prioritise advice regulations: FPA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022
... placed on financial planners under the Corporations Act 2001 licensee obligations, and the Financial Planners and Advisers Code of Ethics 2019 are heavily influenced by the licensee and others who often then apply additional requirements to financial ...

VanEck launches gold bullion ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2022
VanEck Gold Bullion ETF (ASX code: NUGG), the ETF is physically backed by gold bullion sourced from Australian gold producers, has listed on the ASX. NUGG is VanEck's 32nd ETF listed on the ASX; it can be converted by investors, from their ETF holdings ...

Code of Ethics must be fixed: Phil Anderson

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2022
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive Phil Anderson said the Code of Ethics for financial advisers was not backed by industry during its 2019 implementation and remains the case now. The Code of Ethics, developed by the now dissolved ...