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AAP offers PI insurance for independent advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... addressing 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 ...

Law firm rubbishes Grattan fee report

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... the impact of local policy settings such as compulsion, preservation, portability and the reliance on disclosure as a regulatory tool. The law firm says these are valuable aspects of our system but expensive to administer and the brunt of the cost is ...

Regulators relaxed about social media: IOSCO

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
... Advice Tools Surveys ' they noted: '"Regulators have approached the oversight of social media by using traditional regulatory approaches as the fundamental rules and guidelines already established for advertising, product disclosure, risk warnings, record ...

Confidence key to financial future: Murray

COLIN BRINSDEN, AAP ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... put forward. Instead, it suggests increasing the capital requirements for large financial institutions, strengthening regulatory powers and investing more in pre-planning and pre-positioning for financial failure. The inquiry's final report and recommendations ...

FSI zeroes in on vertical advice and retirement income

LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... the risk management needs of many retirees." It made three policy suggestions for solving this problem: introducing regulatory incentives, such as taxation measure, to encourage retirees to take income streams rather than lump sums; a default retirement ...

Sustaining confidence in the Australian financial system: Murray

DAVID MURRAY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... is that international standard setters and the decisions of foreign regulators have a much greater influence on our regulatory settings now than they did in 1997. International standards are no longer an optional extra, especially for a major capital ...

AMP chairman to retire amid wider board changes

ALICE URIBE & AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... significant change in a challenging environment including the global financial crisis, substantial legislative and regulatory shifts and the merger with AXA," McKeon said. "The phase of the board renewal process was timed to follow the smooth transition ...

Sinodinos rules out LRBA review for SMSFs

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
... best practice guidelines for LRBAs. Speaking at SPAA, Senator Sinodinos reaffirmed his commitment to a "light-touch regulatory regime" for SMSFs. "I am keeping an eye on the sector. But we are not seeking to come in with heavy handed regulation, people ...

ASX managed funds services gets ASIC nod

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014
... individual merits at the time of application and in keeping with our policy for granting relief, as described in Regulatory Guide 51Applications for relief (RG 51)." AUSTRAC is currently consulting the industry with a view to amending a rule to allow ...

People aged 85+ to triple by 2040

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2013
Just released updated population projections from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) forecasts that by 2040 the number of people aged 65 or more will double and number aged 85 or more will triple. "The number of people 65 and over is projected ...