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Advice licensees hit with $1500 levy

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2017
... introduced a $1500 fixed levy on authorised financial advice licensees to cover the price tag of its costs recovery framework. The graduated levy for licensees comes off the back of the ASIC Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy Bill, a law which enabled the ...

Countplus sells off underperformers and merges firms

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017
... acquisitions of advice and accounting firms. "Future acquisitions must fit the company's new disciplined and specific quality framework," Countplus said. Due to "prudent fiscal management" Countplus exercised over the past six months, the company's debt ...

AFA collaborating for education framework rethink

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017
The Association of Financial Advisers is calling on the broader financial services sector to help shape a new framework for adviser education, acknowledging all other existing frameworks in the market. The industry body will work with the Beddoes Institute ...

Banks come out on top for climate change disclosure

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... Australia's ratification of the Paris Agreement. ACSI said it will be encouraging companies to adopt the best practice framework developed by the TCFD, and has written to every ASX200 company to advise them of their individual rating.

FPA professionalism plans garner adviser support

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
... respondents who took part in live polling, 84% of delegates agreed or strongly agreed with the FPA proposed 100-point framework. We have had some great feedback from those who attended, and as with all feedback, we are listening," De Gori said. De Gori ...

Competition would save Australians millions in super fees: Deloitte

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
... promote competition at a level that meets with community expectations. Instead, authors supported a "robust competition framework" which introduces further choice and competition into Australia's default superannuation system. "Competition policy has ...

Self-awareness, adaptability key for asset owners

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
... conducted by Willis Towers Watson in conjunction with the Future Fund highlights the importance of having a best-practice framework in meeting investment goals amid the volatile and uncertain capital markets they operate in. Fifteen global asset owners ...

Zurich awards two equities mandates

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
... impressed by Nikko AM Australia's approach during the review process, underpinned by the firm's rigorous risk management framework and research-driven culture. We look forward to a successful relationship with Nikko AM Australia," Zurich Investments ...

RG 133 review reveals poor compliance

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2017
... a custodian, there is a potential threat to investors' assets. Adequate resources and an appropriate risk management framework are therefore necessary for asset holders, to ensure that their safekeeping and related functions are properly performed."

Equity Trustees appointed RE to multinational group

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
... in overseeing a fund." "Our role is to take full responsibility for ensuring the fund is operating within the legal framework and that its governing constitution is flexible as it needs to be as well as providing certainty for investors, allowing the ...