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Higher education will not fix advice industry problems: Accountants

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... improving the services and advice provided by financial planners," the CAANZ argued. It added that "enhanced education regulation will not eliminate the problems that have arisen from the various corporate collapses over the last five years." The CAANZ ...

Government tables FoFA bill in House of Reps

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
The Coalition has reintroduced the amendments of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) bill into the House of Representatives, reigniting the political debate around financial planning legislation. The government's move follows the opposition's failed ...

NAB launches super clearing house

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
National Australia Bank has launched a new superannuation clearing house to enable employers to make superannuation contributions to multiple employee funds and self-managed funds. NAB Super Pay also ensures employers are compliant with the Federal ...

Advisers to study for 200 hours under TASA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
... should include an introduction to contract law, fundamental legal concepts of business organisational structures and its regulation, as well as aspects of the law torts. Both courses should stress the ethical and professional responsibilities of tax ...

Ditch retail prospectuses in some cases, say leading lawyers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... viewed almost as a proxy for the analysis a retail investor would do." Finch said this partly reflects how a lot of our regulation drives experts away from dealing with retail investors and this limits retail investors' access to high quality information ...

Law firm rubbishes Grattan fee report

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... used to guide policy." A consultant to Herbert Smith Freehills, Dr Scott Donald from the Centre for Law Markets and Regulation at UNSW, said: "The success of the superannuation system in collecting, investing and returning monies to meet Australians' ...

APRA releases additional requirements for large instos

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released the updated framework for the supervision of large financial institutions, but will defer a decision on its final implementation until the end of the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). ...

More super changes inevitable: EY report

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
Further changes to superannuation regulations are inevitable and more work is needed to improve confidence in the system, according to EY's Australia-based global pension leader Graeme McKenzie. Releasing EY's new report, 'Building a better retirement ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... Hollander and UnitingCare Health Group executive Richard Royle are slated to speak at a CEDA event on innovation and regulation in the digital age in Sydney. WA Macquarie Bank chairman Mark Barnaba, NAB chairman Michael Chaney and Perth Lord Mayor Lisa ...

CBA appoints international experts to oversee advice program

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... chief executive officer of Promontory Financial Australasia and was the inaugural Chairman of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). He was also a part of the Wallis Inquiry into the Australian financial system and had a 20 year career ...