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Finance broker gets 6 month ban

STAFF WRITERS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009 (Cth) (National Credit Act). He did this by failing to lodge an annual compliance certificate within 45 days after the licensing anniversary of his Australian credit license and threatening to lodge a caveat ...

ASIC has risk advice in its sights

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
... urged advisers to pay particularly attention to their use of third party service providers. "You can't outsource your compliance with the law," he said. Consumers are now more demanding than ever before, that they want transparency and want to know what ...

COIN updated software focuses on scaled advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... investment choice within super and insurance. The updated software also focuses on Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) compliance. "COIN 4.2 will provide advisers with the flexibility and clarity required to manage FOFA, including enhanced fee disclosure," ...

Chifley Super to merge with Sunsuper

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
... branch of the Electrical Trades Union. Chifley Super chairman John Byrne told Financial Standard that the regulatory and compliance burden had grown too exorbitant for the $400 million super fund. "We're only a small fund and with MySuper and other industry ...

BT to double time advisers spend with clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
... enhancements and by streamlining the advice processes so the adviser can reduce the time spent on administration and compliance issues. "We have also looked at what the client experience looks like and we are raising the bar in that area," Hall said. ...

Asset manager growth ambitions slowed by regulation

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
... According to the latest State Street survey, entitled "Navigating for growth: Charting a new roadmap", load of additional compliance may be weighing on asset managers' growth plans. Most Australian asset managers (59%) cite developing robust risk management ...

Centrepoint optimistic after completing AAP acquisition

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... value that service," De Zwart told Financial Standard. "AAP is not a licenesee, but it provides services such as a compliance team, advice audits, weekly training materials, annual conferences and collateral." The acquisition comes after a difficult ...

75,000 SMSFs non-compliant: ATO

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... has only launched orders of contravention against only 2% of SMSFs per year and of those about half of them rectify compliance issues as soon as the ATO notes them. Forsyth added that for many SMSFs "a lot of regulatory breaches might be a one-time event." ...

Cognitive function, consumption biggest SMSF risks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
While investors and SMSF promoters point to taxation and compliance as the sector's biggest risks, human and lifestyle factors may actually be bigger threats. Last week the consulting group Deloitte generated much fanfare with a report containing projections ...

New adviser service speeds up dealer group creation

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2013
... Libertas Solutions will help advisers to obtain an Australian financial services licence (AFSL) and manage the ongoing compliance requirements. It will provide a full range of licensee services and functions for boutique financial planning dealer groups ...