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British govt to introduce pension choice

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... very different attitude to financial sector reform than does the Australian government, the British government consultation paper noted they would "introduce a new duty on pension providers and schemes to deliver this 'guidance guarantee' by April 2015." ...

ASIC drops planned MDA changes

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... accounts (MDAs) will not go ahead, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has announced. In a consultation paper released in March last year, ASIC put forward a lengthy proposal for tightening up the regulation of MDAs. Draft regulations ...

APRA issues draft group insurance PPG

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... increasing claims rates. APRA said insurers have until 7 March 2014 to lodge submissions in relation to the consultation paper. They said they expect to release the final version of PPG in the second quarter of 2014.

Government targets super in awards, board independence

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
... most thorough requirements of its kind in the world. The industry super sector responded quickly to the to the consultation paper. In reference to super in industrial awards, Industry Super Australia stated: "Under the current arrangements, employers ...

SMSF trustees suffer "unacceptably poor advice"

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013
... Australia (ISA) recently lodged a submission to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) consultation paper on "Advice on self-managed superannuation funds: Specific disclosure requirements and SMSF costs." Both organisations noted ...

Industry funds ask for specialised SMSF adviser training

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2013
... Association (ISA) have lodged a joint submission to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) Consultation Paper 212 on adviser training. "AIST and ISN believe that the knowledge requirements for SMSFs are different enough from APRA-regulated ...

Industry agrees: SMSFs are not for everyone

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013
Industry bodies have welcomed the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) consultation paper asking for better regulation for establishing and advising self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF). "The announcement by ASIC today is consistent ...

ASIC questions SMSF advice in proposed guidance

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2013
... disclosure of information that may influence a decision to establish or switch to an SMSF," the regulator said. The consultation paper "Advice on SMSF: Specific disclosure requirements and SMSF costs" stresses the need for advisers warn clients that ...

ASIC mulls replacing adviser Training Register

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013
... Investments Commission is considering replacing the ASIC Training Register for financial product advisers. In a Consultation Paper (Consultation Paper 215 Assessment and approval of training courses for financial product advisers: Update to RG 146) released ...

ASIC wants more adviser record-keeping rules

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
... records as part of the best interest duty obligation under the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulation. In Consultation Paper 214 called "Updated record-keeping obligations for Australian financial services licensees", ASIC asks planners to keep ...