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FoFA amendments will reduce quality of advice: lawyer

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... overall quality of financial advice", according to legal advice obtained by Industry Super Australia (ISA). The advice from law firm Arnold Bloch Leibler, the second piece to be obtained by ISA, advises that removing a 'catch all' definition of 'client ...

Australian Ethical hires new Head of Ethics

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... of issues, including human rights and climate change Prior to joining the St James Ethics Centre in 2011, Palmer worked in law, finance and investment, including as partner at law firm Middletons Moore & Bevins and head of asset securitisation at ABN ...

New laws target promoters of early release schemes

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... Industry (Supervision) (SIS) Act already stipulates when early release of funds is and is not legal, previously there was no law holding promoters of illegal schemes to account. However, the new law states that "A person must not promote a scheme that ...

Financial Adviser convicted of 'tombstoning': ASIC

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... chairman Peter Kell said that there was no tolerance for people in the financial services industry who don't act within the law. Vyas also attempted to cover up his dishonest conduct by falsifying 21 other documents, which included fictitious emails ...

MySuper authorisations reaches 117

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... groups now with a MySuper authorisation are EmPlus and Max Super. The new industry funds covered are Lutheran Super and the Law Employees Super Fund. These latest MySuper authorisations also mark the entry of Towers Watson into the market channel as ...

Standard Life Inv steps up shareholder activism

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
Global investment manager Standard Life Investments has said it is enjoying the benefits of new regulations which promote shareholder activism. In 2013 regulators around the world introduced new laws and regulations designed to strengthen corporate ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
The sharemarket is lower as the crisis in Ukraine worsens, causing investors to practice extreme caution. Ukraine is on the brink of war with Russia, which is threatening to invade Ukraine in the wake of the ouster of Kremlin-backed president Viktor ...

Death and TPD dominate Super Complaints Tribunal

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
More than half of all complaints made to the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal in the December quarter related to death and disability insurance claims. Death benefit disputes made up 32.2% of complaints, while disability related disputes, including ...

Synchron pushes for providers' direct payment

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
Synchron and law firm Lander & Rogers are seeking to amend the Corporations Law Act to allow financial advisers to receive payments directly from providers. The licensee will be making a submission to Treasury to amend Section 911A of the Act, which ...

Regulators must enforce rules, not write them: Brogden

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... the parliament has ceded its authority to regulators," he said. "We strongly believe the role of parliament is to write the law and the role of regulators is to enforce it. The exact boundaries of the regulators need to be set and adhered to." Brogden ...