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Majority of family offices move to direct investing: FOX

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2016
... can seem a haven for those who want transparency and prefer taking risks with companies and/or properties they can investigate and perhaps control in some manner." For those family offices engaging in direct investment, a significant proportion (40%) ...

Turnbull highlights ASIC resources boost in Parliament

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
Reiterating that the regulator is the "tough cop on the beat," the Prime Minister has suggested in Parliament that ASIC will be given greater resources as part of a capability review. Responding to Labor MP Clare O'Neil's question about whether Government ...

ASIC calls out weak conflict policy in vertical business

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
ASIC has called out conflict management policy in vertically-integrated funds management businesses as often being solely designed to conform to regulatory requirements. In its 'Culture, conduct and conflicts of interest in vertically integrated businesses ...

ASIC tightens Macquarie's AFSL

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016
ASIC has announced additional conditions on Macquarie Bank's Australian financial services licence following an investigation. ASIC investigated several Macquarie breach reports between 2004 and 2014 pertaining to "breaches of the client money provisions ...

FSC defends industry self-regulation

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
... March 8, Senator John Williams amended the inquiry to include a scrutiny of the life insurance industry, which will investigate (among other things) "whether a life insurance industry code of conduct is required." However, the FSC has been developing ...

Senate to investigate life industry

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2016
A Senate inquiry originally set to scrutinise Australia's financial advice industry has again deepened its investigations by adopting calls to examine the country's life insurance sector. With support from all sides of politics, Senator John Williams ...

PC to lead another inquiry into super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
The Turnbull Government is the latest administration to announce a superannuation inquiry to investigate efficiency of the system and review how default funds are selected. A statement jointly released by Treasurer Scott Morrison and Assistant Treasurer ...

Combined Insurance to cease new Australian business

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
... Combined Insurance Asia Pacific executive vice president Christopher Carey said the insurer would work with ASIC to investigate the alleged misconduct, adding that Combined's complaint levels were "significantly" below the industry average.

CFA societies launch advocacy council

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
... subject matter experts, who are drawn from the regional societies' resources to form council project groups that will investigate matters of competency and compliance. It is also supported by and has access to the extensive resources of the CFA Institute ...

Financial services among top taxpayers

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
Financial services firms are paying some of Australia's highest tax bills as a percentage of their total income according to data released by the Australian Tax Office (ATO) yesterday. The measure highlighted that six financial services companies were ...