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AFCA membership deadline arrives

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
Financial services firms have until close of business today to register for membership of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority. ASIC has issued a warning to all Australian financial services licensees, superannuation trustees and authorised ...

Macquarie pledges $50m to anniversary

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
Macquarie Group is making a $50 million philanthropic commitment to mark its 50th anniversary in 2019. The Australian financial services giant said the Macquarie 50th Anniversary Award would initiate or build on bold ideas to address social need. The ...

CCIV draws mixed reception: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018
Australia's Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle (CCIV) initiative received mixed responses from the global asset management community planning to ramp up cross-border strategies in the next five years, State Street research shows. Of the 250 ...

Fees for no service remediation passes $250 million

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2018
Financial institutions outside the big four banks and AMP have been integrated into ASIC's fees for no service remediation programs, with total provisions likely to exceed $850 million. Updating the financial services industry and consumers on its oversight ...

ASIC provides guidance on Asia Funds Passport

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2018
ASIC has updated its regulatory guides to reflect changes from the Asia Region Funds Passport bill that was recently passed. On June 28, the Federal Government passed the Corporations Amendment (Asia Region Funds Passport) Bill 2018 in an effort to ...

Advisers on scam alert

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
Advisers and investors should be "particularly vigilant" of investment scams this time of the year, as scammers prey on people's fear of getting in trouble with the ATO as tax season continues, according to Finder. Australians are now losing $1 million ...

Aussie funds to access Asian markets

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
Both houses of Federal Parliament yesterday passed the Asia Region Funds Passport (ARFP) bill that will open up Asian markets for Australian financial services companies. The legislation was tabled in late March. Wealth management industry data manager ...

Government opens consultation for amended CCIV regime

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
The Federal Government opened consultation to industry stakeholders for the first tranche of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle) Bill 2018. In August 2017, the Government called for initial consultation on the CCIV ...

What worries Aussie advisers: Natixis

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
The financial services Royal Commission coupled with the recent collapse of Dover Financial Advisers suggests it should come as no surprise that financial advisers are finding it difficult to navigate Australia's regulatory landscape. The 2018 Natixis ...

Advice fintech reshuffles leadership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
The managing director of an ASX-listed financial advice fintech is stepping aside and an interim chief executive has been appointed. Intiger announced managing director Mark Fisher will hand over leadership of the software developer to global head of ...