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Financial adviser levy to drop

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
... introduction of a Single Disciplinary Body and a Compensation Scheme of Last Resort," Frydenberg and Hume said. Treasury will also review the ASIC Industry Funding Model, commencing in 2022, in consultation with the Department of Finance and ASIC. Responding ...

AFMA names new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
... 2006, he was head of balance sheet and market risk at APRA. After that, he was head of traded market risk and business risk review at Barclays (London); and executive direct at EY and then chief operating officer and general manager of financial markets ...

Actuaries Institute releases retirement policy review

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... disincentives for pension lump sums and bequests. Securing Adequate Retirement Incomes for an Ageing Australia is a policy review that took a year to complete, incorporated feedback from over 200 actuaries, and is the institute's most comprehensive ...

ASX outage result of process failures, disagreement

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
Following an independent review on a major trading glitch last November, the Australian Securities Exchange has come out relatively unscathed. The joint investigation by ASIC, the Reserve Bank of Australia and IBM into the implementation of the Nasdaq ...

ASX 200 doubles down on net zero

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
Nearly half of the market capitalisation of the ASX 200 have made net zero commitments for 2050 or earlier, according to the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). ACSI's latest report, Promises, Pathways and Performance, showed 49 companies ...

APRA expands life insurance data reporting

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021
APRA will publish more of life insurance data across its quarterly statistical reports. The prudential regulator said it will release more of the life insurance and general insurance data it collects in a bid to promote greater transparency and efficiency ...

ASX posts mixed results

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021
... Nasdaq. We will also incorporate insights from an independent expert we commissioned in consultation with our regulators to review the outage," Dominic said.

Magellan to move to higher tax rate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2021
... since 1992. In 2018 the OECD's Forum on Harmful Tax Practices raised concerns including about the lower tax rate during a review. On March 12 this year, the Treasury announced its intention to amend OBU in 2022-23. However, it said it would "consult ...

Updated life code released

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2021
The Financial Services Council (FSC) released the second draft of the Life Insurance Code of Practice 2.0 for public consultation. The latest draft of the code was released today, incorporating feedback from the first draft's consultation. The FSC has ...

New equities LIC heads for the ASX

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2021
A Sydney boutique is looking to raise $25 million for a listed investment company that will invest in local and global stocks. Lanyon Asset Management will run the offer from September 13 to September 24, priced at $5 per share to raise a total of $25 ...