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FPA appoints new CRC Chair, rolls out education standards

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... appointed a new Chair of its Conduct Review Commission (CRC) and rolled out a proposed Education and Professional Standards Framework to the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) Inquiry. The FPA has appointed Dr June Smith as Chair of its CRC, replacing ...

Super Mario dropkicks markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... credit to the euro area economy and, as a result, provide further monetary policy accommodation Eurosystem collateral framework is guiding principle for eligibility of assets for purchase Asset purchases to start in fourth quarter 2014, starting with ...

Whitehelm appointed to advise $2 billion Land Account

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
... on fixed income and cash. He added that Whitehelm's intentions "are to maintain a bespoke, solutions based advisory framework where clients have regular ongoing access to the most senior professionals within its advisory business." Whitehelm Capital ...

Advice associations under conflict of interest on professionalism: ASIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... requirements." SPAA suggested that "ASIC would approve professional associations that can regulate advisors under this framework, replacing the regulator's need to dictate and be responsible for minimum education standards."

Forget about national advice exam, focus on training: CPA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... complete to meet the training requirements." CPA Australia and Chartered Accountants ANZ recommended a new education framework that raises the minimum level of education, establishes a comprehensive curriculum that all courses must cover and prescribes ...

Penalties for fund managers too lenient

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... sophisticated investor status and greater powers for regulators. Dr Rajapakse does warn however, that "a suitable regulatory framework should not be motivated by a need to create a rigid framework which lacks flexibility, but one which prevents oversight ...

Ties between product and advice "archaic": FPA

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
... Report to consider whether the ongoing connection between financial products and financial advice in the legislative framework is sustainable or appropriate in the medium-to-long term," it said. The FPA's submission released this week has made 18 recommendations ...

New players need support to enter financial services: Coles

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
... its importance in driving innovation, competition and greater consumer choice." It said that "there is a need for the framework to encourage competition and avoid unnecessary barriers to entry." Coles agreed with the FSI's initial observation that "Australia's ...

FSC calls for new govt agency to grow industry overseas

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
... Funds Passport. In the insurance chapter of its submission, The FSC said the current structure of Australia's insurance framework is inhibiting product innovation, creating underinsurance and unnecessary public sector cost, the Financial Services Council ...

AAP offers PI insurance for independent advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... issues such as the increase in number and size of client claims over the recent years, as well as the changing regulatory framework. The product is available through an adviser's existing insurance broker, as many adviser practices wish to maintain this ...