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ALRC should prioritise advice regulations: FPA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has said the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) should prioritise advice regulations in its ongoing review of financial services law. In its latest submission to the ALRC review of the Legislative ...

Chuck out Chapter 7: Broome

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
... Corporations Act is the only way to move forward. The Act is currently the subject of a review by the Australian Law Reform Commission. Moving forward, Ripoll said that he would like to see that the financial planning industry collectively deal with ...

Never been more optimistic: Abood

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... ways to improve the adviser exam and bringing more flexibility to the education standards. The Australian Law Reform Commission is working to clear a path through that maze that is the Corporations Act, and all of the many associated regulations," she ...

QAR leaves insurance commissions alone

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022
... financial product advice provided to the client from the client's financial product." The adviser must disclose the commission they will receive for the duration of the policy and the nature of the ongoing service they will provide to the client in relation ...

Throw out financial services law clutter: ALRC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2022
The Australian Law Reform Commission's (ALRC) second interim report to reduce complexity in financial services legislation proposes an alternative model that's more coherent and principled, and "embraces minimalism." The ALRC's proposed legislative ...

Colonial First State settles super class action for $56.3m

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2022
... unnecessarily high fees, bearing the cost of commissions to financial planners, and receiving lower investment returns. MySuper law reforms required CFS to move members to these cheaper options, which also happened to perform better. Maurice Blackburn ...

TAA calls for prudent pace for reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... outcome of the Quality of Advice Review before it introduces more changes as espoused by the Australian Law Reform Commission. "Let's look very closely at the potential impact of any changes on consumers, advisers and other stakeholders before we ...

Advisers cautious of election promises

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022
... the regulatory road ahead, Matt Brown, executive general manager of advice at Australian Unity, said the Australian Law Reform Commission's current work will affect the advice regulatory landscape. While the ALRC reforms are a "longer burn", they ...

FPA pushes for advice law simplification

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022
... to strip out layers of complexity in the latest round of reforms. Citing its submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission review, FPA chief executive Sarah Abood is calling for the elimination of layers of legislation that advisers face that ultimately ...

APRA, ASIC provide annual update

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) have released their annual engagement update for 2021. Reinforcing Australia's twin peaks model of regulation, the agencies said they ...