Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 321 - 330 of 1685 results for "Register"

ATO keeping tabs on SMSF early access, tax avoidance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
The tax office issued a fresh warning to the rich who use self-managed superannuation funds as a vehicle for dodging tax and those who illegally access their retirement savings early. Of the total SMSFs in existence, 25% are operated by private wealth ...

Adviser complaints rise, super complaints decrease

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2023
The number of superannuation complaints have slashed while those related to financial advisers have shot up, the latest statistics from the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) shows. In the six months to December 2022, AFCA received 2538 ...

Experience pathway consultation opens

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023
... educational requirements. Advisers must also show they have not recorded any disciplinary action on the Financial Advisers Register before 31 December 2021 and pass the adviser exam. Currently, advisers must complete an approved qualification of no more ...

Government divulges vision for superannuation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 APR 2023
... that needs to be addressed. Of note, according to Rainmaker Information's breakdown of the ASIC Financial Adviser Register, financial adviser numbers are at their lowest in almost two decades, with a net 3250 (17.3%) exiting the sector last year. ...

AFCA chief to serve second term

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023
... people who are passionate about access to justice and fairness to all," he said. Locke added that the authority expects to register about 100,000 complaints this financial year, up from 70,000 complaints just a year ago. Since inception in November 2018 ...

Linchpin, Endeavour directors found guilty

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2023
The Federal Court has determined that four current and former directors of the now defunct Linchpin Capital Group and Endeavour Securities breached their duties and didn't serve investors' best interests. The court found that, between 2015 and ...

February exam records 67% pass rate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2023
... that sat the exam have passed. About 15,850 of the total pool are current financial advisers on ASIC's Financial Adviser Register (FAR), representing 99% of the register. There were over 890 candidates completing their professional year of work and training. ...

The unique experience of a single woman

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
Facing dodgy dates, ticking biological clocks and an endless procession of nosey family members asking after their private life, single women have plenty on their plates - and all with a serve of financial disadvantage on the side. Global statistics ...

ASIC consults on sunsetting class orders

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
ASIC is consulting on the potential remaking of class orders related to managed investment schemes and corporate directors of corporate collective investment vehicles. Class Order [CO 13/519] Changing the responsible entity ; and Class Order [CO 13/656] ...

NZ advisers begin new licensing regime

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
... in June, once their details have been linked to each licence-holders' registration on the Financial Service Providers Register," he said. The new licensing requirements were mandated by the Financial Services Legislation Amendment Act (FSLAA), which ...