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Former Aon Hewitt adviser banned

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
ASIC has banned a former authorised representative of Aon Hewitt from providing financial services for four years. Andrew Hills has been banned following ASIC surveillance. He was an authorised representative of Aon Hewitt from February 2009 to December ...

Government opens consultation on key advice reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2021
The federal government has released draft legislation outlining the function of ASIC's Financial Services and Credit Panel as the single disciplinary body for financial advisers. The government is proposing the ASIC FSCP exercise the functions of ...

Mainstream moves forward with SS&C

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2021
... paid, the SS&C SID will become fully operative. SS&C is a US-based global software and services provider for financial services and healthcare. The acquisition would accelerate the company's growth in the Australian market and would retain Mainstream ...

Mawhinney banned for 20 years

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2021
... connection with any financial product. ASIC had sought to permanently restrain Mawhinney from operating in financial services for at least a period of 20 years. The judge, Justice Anderson, slammed Mawhinney's conduct as managing director of Mayfair ...

FSC proposes new advice model

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2021
... recommendations that will help reduce red tape and make financial advice more affordable, according to the Financial Services Council. The financial services' peak body has laid out its recommendations in a new green paper, Affordable and accessible ...

Women participation rate booms

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... responsibilities for women's economic security in late March, in addition to her portfolios of superannuation, financial services and the digital economy. Amid former attorney-general Christian Porter's historic rape allegations, Prime Minister ...

Delay breach reporting law: AFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... new oversight regimes and more stringent regulatory breach reporting are some of the key areas affecting the financial services sector, exposing institutions and their senior executives personally to the prospect of liability for non-adherence," he said. ...

Risk advice most sought-after among Kiwis

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
... Code of Professional Conduct for Financial Advice Services. Advisers must formally record their details on the Financial Services Providers Register (FSPR). Botica said those who miss the 16 June 2021 deadline may face deregistration.

Business registration to be updated

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
... program with a singular registry platform, eliminating seven registry interactions. Minister for superannuation, financial services and the digital economy, minister for women's economic security Jane Hume announced the appointment of commissioner ...

Vanguard Super appoints board

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
... Cynthia Lui. O'Neal is a former partner at law firm Herbert Smith Freehills specialising in superannuation and financial services law. She was also a consultant to the Cooper Review, and a member of Vanguard Investments Australia's external compliance ...