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SMSFA calls for budget amendments

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2022
... company auditors, would remove a significant financial barrier. It further highlighted removing ambiguity regarding the application of the design and distribution obligations and target market determinations to SMSFs. "These provisions should not apply ...

Final Royal Commission reforms to be tabled, YFYS review begins

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2022
... the current set of indices reduce choice for members; and what are the longer-term impacts on market dynamics. The application of the stapling process is also being considered, including specific feedback as to how it's operating at the workplace ...

Remediation bills revealed amid call for levy freeze extension

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2022
... increases better reflect the capacity of the financial planning profession." The FPA has also recommended the creation and application of retrospective regulations to cordon off and charge the six large licensees at the time - being AMP, Macquarie, ANZ ...

Registrations open for FPA initiatives

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2022
The Financial Planning Association of Australia's Future2 Foundation has commenced registrations for its annual Six-Foot Track Challenge and is now accepting applications for its 2022 grants program. The Six-Foot Track Challenge is a 35-kilometre ...

Unlicensed forex trader extradited from Poland

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2022
... against him and during an ongoing ASIC investigation into his conduct, Ali fled to Poland on 8 May 2018. Following an application by ASIC, a warrant for his arrest was issued by a Queensland magistrate in December 2020, and he was arrested in November ...

Most retirees want pension support through super: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2022
... Advice general manager Duncan McPherson said the combination of challenges in navigating the process and delaying the application for the Age Pension can create a real cost to retirees' outcomes and entitlements, potentially decreasing their quality ...

MSC Trustees adds to board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2022
The fund services provider has welcomed two financial services industry veterans to its board ahead of its application to obtain CCIV authority. MSC Trustees has added Ruth McClelland and Steven O'Connell as non-executive directors, effective last week. ...

Aussies pay the price for early release of super: ASFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022
The government's COVID-19 early release of superannuation (ERS) scheme saw the closure or near emptying of almost one million member accounts, largely held by women, single parents and the unemployed. A new analysis by the Association of Superannuation ...

Government to review adviser professional standards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022
... reducing the number of questions. "I continue to support the exam as a benchmarking tool which tests the practical application of a financial adviser's knowledge, including on regulatory and legal requirements, and ethical reasoning. I remain committed ...

Advisers receive guidance on rights under FSCP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022
... cancelling their registration has been made. "ASIC will determine whether to convene another sitting panel to consider your application. Various matters may be relevant to ASIC's decision whether to convene a sitting panel, such as whether there has ...