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Fees for no service compensation unfinished business: ASIC

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
... advice. Three months into his role, Shipton addressed the annual Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) conference in Sydney this morning. He said the $220 million compensation bill for fees for no service will continue to rise. The chair ...

Life insurance regulation needs government backing: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... policy design and disclosure. The poll, which was conducted at the recent Financial Services Council Life Insurance Conference, found more than a third (36%) said the bar set by the code was too low, while the majority felt (59%) it was just right. When ...

Chief economist update: Let's talk about oil baby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
... ante on the brewing trade war with the US, Xi announced the opposite. In his speech at the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference, the supremo talked about lowering (you read right, lowering) import tariffs, relaxing foreign investment regulations and ...

Australia increases foreign direct investment inflows

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... was one of few countries to see foreign direct investment inflows increase in 2017, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. The UNCTAD Global Investment Trends Monitor shows international flows of foreign direct investment ...

AFA to launch investigation into adviser misconduct

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... Pianta have also both been licensed by five different dealer groups since December 2014. At the AFA's National Adviser Conference on the Gold Coast in October, ANZ Wealth's Alexis George she believes the AFA has a role to play in fact-based mandatory ...

FS has you covered in 2017

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... central bank policy; commodity and property prices; and the outlook for China and Australia. SMSF Association National Conference More than 1300 financial advisers and self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) trustees attended the Melbourne Convention ...

ASIC widens conflicted adviser remuneration rules

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2017
... insurance product, even in the absence of advice." On top of this, RG 246 addresses the potential conflicts associated with conference benefits and commissions given by property developers to advisers in cases where the adviser recommends the use or ...

Government superannuation reforms shelved

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2017
... Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer expressed frustration with the outcome, telling the ASFA conference that the campaign waged by industry super against the reforms shows they have something to hide. "It is disappointing that some ...

ASIC brings in disclosure expert to review RG97

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
... mislead consumers about fees and costs. ASIC will continue to monitor disclosure to consumers." At a recent industry conference, ASIC senior executive leader of investment managers and superannuation Ged Fitzpatrick explained why the regulator delayed ...

Superannuation fears regulatory strangle: ASFA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
... Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) independent chair Michael Easson in his opening address at this year's major conference in Sydney. Being careful not to criticise what he described as the "necessary regulation" by the people at APRA, ASIC and ...