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Financial services only mildly innovative: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
The Australian financial services industry has painted itself as only mildly innovative according to a study by National Australia Bank (NAB). About 39% of small-to-medium enterprises in finance have suggested there is a culture of innovation among ...

ASIC warns super trustees

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... its surveillance of responsible entities and superannuation trustees that are also holders of an Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL). Trustees were also warned about the presentation of rollover forms attached to product disclosure statements ...

ANZ restructures advice licensees

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... in this new role he will be responsible for driving growth across the businesses. The brands and Australian financial services licenses (AFSLs) of the two dealer groups will remain the same. "There are no plans to merge the licenses of M3 and FSP," an ...

FEATURE: Managed accounts - more than meets the eye

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... customisation and personalisation as an MDA, but require fewer additional provisions in the provider's Australian financial services licence, as an MDA gives the provider responsibility for investment selection as well as asset custody. SMAs, meanwhile ...

Perpetual wins RE mandate with seven funds

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... institutional and retail investors to ensure their funds are operated in a manner consistent with Australian financial services law and in the best interests of investors," said Perpetual acting general manager regulated fiduciary services Rupert Smoker. ...

FSC, FPA support ASIC user-pay model

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... small financial advice practices would pay over $6,000 annually in addition to the proposed $11,000 Australian financial services licence application fee. "If this is to be the case, the Government must also consider the potential flow-on impact of increased ...

Accountants nearing SMSF exemption deadline

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
Accountants will need an Australian financial services licence if they want to continue providing advice on establishing and winding up self-managed super funds after 1 July 2016. According to SMSF Association head of education services Liz Ward, some ...

Bankers see ASIC user pays model as burden

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
... implement a user pays funding model for the corporate regulator would increase "the cost burden on the Australian financial services industry." The ABA urged caution in adopting the model, shortly after the government released a consultation paper seeking ...

Crowd equity funding, the Ashley Madison of finance

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
... are willing to commit adultery. The report argued that allowing and regulating crowdsourcing in Australian financial services would boost innovation and competition. One of the report's authors, Dr Rob Nicholls, said: "Crowd equity funding is a social ...

China trade deal must not be delayed: FSC

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY, FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... is only available to Australia. While CHAFTA has not removed all technical barriers to trade for Australian financial services providers, the coveted 'much favoured nation' clause provides that future benefits conferred to other countries automatically ...