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ASIC needs tougher, direct powers: Taskforce

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
ASIC should be given tougher intervention powers to direct how an Australian financial services licensee addresses or prevents compliance failures. The latest report from the ASIC Enforcement Review Taskforce highlights several shortcomings the corporate ...

Financial services firms eye machine learning

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
Machine learning is transforming the way financial services operates, as a growing number of Australian firms are adopting it to make sense of big data and to improve productivity. According to Bloomberg, more than half (55%) of Australian financial ...

Advisers face tax registration risk

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
About one-fifth of financial advisers are at risk of being unable to legally charge for the tax advice they provide according to the Tax Practitioners Board. Data released by the board yesterday shows that of the 1100 renewal reminder emails sent to ...

Small licensees are PI insurance compliant: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2017
The majority of small Australian financial services licensees are meeting professional indemnity (PI) insurance obligations, according to an ASIC investigation. ASIC's review included 56 small AFS licensees with 20 or less authorised representatives ...

Government opens doors to offshore investment vehicles

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017
The Federal Government is seeking public consultation on the long-awaited legislation for the Asia Region Funds Passport and Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle (CCIV) regime. The exposure draft legislation for the Asia Region Funds Passport explains ...

ASIC flags stronger adviser surveillance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2017
About $618.8 million was paid in compensating and remediating corporate misconduct in the six months to June - almost a fourfold increase on the second half of 2016. During the period, ASIC removed 23 individuals from working in financial service; commenced ...

Crestone appoints banking executive

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
A distinguished banking and financial services director will become Crestone Wealth Management group's newest independent director. Peter Hawkins will join Crestone at the end of September, bringing with him more than 40 years' experience in banking ...

Advice licensees hit with $1500 levy

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2017
ASIC has introduced a $1500 fixed levy on authorised financial advice licensees to cover the price tag of its costs recovery framework. The graduated levy for licensees comes off the back of the ASIC Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy Bill, a law which ...

Brexit endangers EU asset manager passport

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
Australian financial services companies relying on regional headquarters in London to access the European Union - essentially 28 countries - hangs in the balance once Brexit is finalised. Statistics from the Financial Conduct Authority show about 5500 ...

Zagga pitches alternative asset class

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
A new marketplace lender is hoping to turn traditional investing on its head with a pitch to wholesale and sophisticated investors. Speaking at Zagga's Australian launch event in Sydney, company chief executive Alan Greenstein told potential investors ...