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Lawyers slam life insurers in Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
... "all talk" when implementing the code but does little to drive better standards. "The industry can't brush off its non-compliance with its own code as it has sought to do by calling the claim assessment time limits 'aspirational.' It must be held to ...

Technology for advisers by advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
... providers on the technology initiative as it will provide a very efficient and scalable means of meeting their own compliance and regulatory requirements when they appoint an advice firm through a formal investment management agreement. "In order to ...

Outsourcing driving advice client engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
... were preventing advisers from scaling and holding them back from achieving their business goals. They were faced with compliance and admin work that "clogs up a lot of the back office" which drives up the cost to deliver advice, he said. Outsourcing ...

Super fund redesigns insurance offering

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... trade-off between insurance fees and retirement savings," Connor said. Tasplan is already moving on the path to code compliance with the introduction of recent enhancements, including: One-step member cancellation of cover online or via phone Online ...

PwC urges super trustees to fast-track GDPR compliance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
Superannuation trustees unprepared for the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) regime must fast-track the necessary steps to comply with new, stringent privacy laws, PwC warns. Taking effect on 25 May 2018, GDPR applies to any ...

IRESS acquires digital advice compliance business

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... after making a minority investment in the business last year. Lucsan provides financial advisers with comprehensive compliance coverage including daily oversight, targeted adviser auditing, best interest metrics and automated statement of advice vetting. ...

Royal Commission to grill FPA, AFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... Planning Association of Australia (FPA), the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and ASIC to provide case studies on compliance with the law and community standards and expectations, as well as the adequacy of the current legal and regulatory structure. ...

New regulations will choke unlisted property market: PFA

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... argued, these managers will switch exclusively to wholesale. "Many in the small-to-mid-market will find the retail compliance demands too onerous and too costly," PFA chief executive Paul Healy said. "This could lead to consolidation in the retail market ...

New law tightens unpaid SG penalties

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
... (SG) payments as early as 1 July 2018, O'Dwyer said. These measures will enable the ATO to detect superannuation non-compliance earlier and be proactive in preventing non-payment, she said. According to Murray Howlett, a partner at chartered accounting ...

Nationwide Super joins Russell alliance, cuts fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
... gaining considerable cost advantages in areas such as investments, administration, product management, technology and compliance," Nationwide Super chief executive Ian Morante said. In addition to cutting fees for its 35,000 members, Nationwide will ...