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Sophistication: More than money

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... previous two years and net assets of at least $2.5 million. That's the same definition prescribed by Corporations Regulations 2001. However, in FASEA's guidance accompanying its Code of Ethics, accounting certificates declaring a person to be a wholesale ...

APRA responds to industry concerns

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
... undertake the comparative component of the outcomes assessment in the absence of Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Regulations. "Some industry participants thought that this interpretation would limit scrutiny on the performance of choice products," ...

ASIC probes Regal Funds Management

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
... time". "Regal's responsibility to its clients is paramount and it takes its obligations to comply with all laws and regulations very seriously. Regal is cooperating fully with the investigation," a Regal spokesperson said. "The existence of this investigation ...

Politician urges Treasurer to protect advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
... adapt their businesses." Steggall wrote that the Treasurer should consider the cost of compliance in light of new regulations and the impact this may have on accessibility to financial advice in the broader community. Finally, she added: "The recommendation ...

Is EM an investor's saving grace?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... are heavily skewed towards larger companies, emerging markets are impacted by global trends to a higher degree and regulations in emerging markets can often be harsher or difficult to navigate," he said. "However, taking a forward-looking approach to ...

ASIC called out over super fund disclosures

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
... months. ASIC said it amended the order to provide "legal certainty" about the first reporting day, given that the regulations setting out the required disclosures have not yet been made. Taking to Twitter, Cooper said: "How many free kicks can the super ...

Extension for super fund portfolio disclosures

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
... holdings. ASIC said it amended the order to provide "legal certainty" about the first reporting day, given that the regulations setting out the required disclosures have not yet been made. The first reporting day was initially scheduled for the last ...

Growing advice group in commissions fight

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
... caused the problems, these same institutions showed (insincere) contrition by supporting more draconian operating regulations from the government; firstly, because they had the size and strength to absorb higher regulatory burdens and secondly, they ...

No one reads the PDS: ASIC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
... avoid being ripped off." Scheerlinck said that members who choose outside the default system would benefit from better regulations and performance benchmarks. "AIST previously commissioned consumer research by Essential Media on how non-default members ...

Volcker Rule tweak gets green light

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2019
... a part of Barrack Obama's economic advisory panel. Obama endorsed it in 2010 and the five agencies approved final regulations in 2013.