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Industry bodies respond to QAR recommendations

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023
The wealth management industry has broadly welcomed the bulk of the Quality of Advice Review recommendations Labor will prioritise, with many agreeing that the reforms will fix financial advice and ultimately benefit consumers. In releasing the first ...

Treasury to scrap advice admin burdens, boosts intra-fund advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023
The federal government will scrap a load of administrative burdens and give superannuation funds a larger role in making financial advice more affordable as it announces which out of the 22 Quality of Advice Review recommendations will become a reality ...

Future Fund adds to investment team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2023
Future Fund has strengthened its investment team with the hire of Toby McMillan as director of unlisted property. McMillan arrives from the $60 billion quasi-sovereign wealth fund Victorian Funds Management Corporation. McMillan worked at VFMC for more ...

Income Asset Management buys credit fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023
... funds and can concentrate on building assets for the benefit of our investors and other stakeholders," IAM chief executive Jon Lechte said.

BNPL to be regulated under Credit Act

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
The government has handed down its plan to regulate buy now, pay later (BNPL) providers and products under the Credit Act to strengthen consumer outcomes. Historically, BNPL schemes have been exempt from tough regulation as they do not charge interest ...

AustralianSuper mistake spurs call for regulatory intervention

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2023
Super Consumers Australia (SCA) is urging all superannuation funds to review their account handling processes in the wake of AustralianSuper refunding $70 million to approximately 100,000 members who held multiple accounts with the fund. Last week ...

NALI measure receives mixed response

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2023
The federal government provided clarity on the Non-Arm's Length Income (NALI) provisions related to expenditure incurred by superannuation funds - however, the industry says it requires further consideration. In last night's budget, the government ...

Funding boosts ASIC greenwashing remit

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
ASIC will tighten its scrutiny of greenwashing as part of the Labor government's crackdown on protecting investors against investment scams and other misconduct from product issuers. Federal treasurer Jim Chalmers bolstered ASIC enforcement activity ...

Jones calls for taxonomy to clarify greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2023
Assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones said that without a sustainable finance taxonomy, regulators will only be able to catch the "most egregious" examples of greenwashing in Australia. Speaking at the Australian Council ...

Adopt QAR recommendations now: Levy

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023
Quality of Advice Review chair Michelle Levy says the government is stalling the implementation of the recommendations set out in her final report. The 267-page report, initially released to government in December, included 13 primary recommendations ...