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Fidelity launches active ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
... launch later this month. The $589 billion manager will offer its global emerging markets ETF on the ASX under the ticker code FEMX. The ETF is based on Fidelity's five-year-old Global Emerging Markets Fund which has outstripped the benchmark by 1.15% ...

Insurance shake-up puts clients first

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
Round six of the Royal Commission exposed systemic issues across the life insurance value chain and its fledgling code of practice that's yet been powerless to stop unethical behaviour. But industry experts say all hope is not lost. Counsels assisting ...

ASIC outlines code monitoring expectations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
The corporate regulator released guidance on the new code of ethics compliance schemes for financial advisers. The new Regulatory Guide 269 outlines the process and criteria ASIC will use in determining whether to approve a compliance scheme, as well ...

Royal Commission tables life insurance policy questions

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
... required to be offered through the fund? They also questioned if the terms set out in the Insurance in Superannuation Voluntary Code of Practice is sufficient to protect the interests of fund members. Further, they asked if the Life Insurance Code of ...

Give life code a chance, Loane tells Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
... final day of its Round Six hearings into insurance, Loane said the FSC would like the second iteration of its life insurance code to be given a chance to have an effect before statutory obligations be enforced. Counsel assisting Rowena Orr asked Loane ...

AFCA membership deadline arrives

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
Financial services firms have until close of business today to register for membership of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority. ASIC has issued a warning to all Australian financial services licensees, superannuation trustees and authorised ...

AAT overrides adviser ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
... business name. Fletcher was convicted twice in 2014 for a number of serious fraud-related offences under the Queensland Criminal Code. A person is automatically disqualified from managing corporations if the person is convicted of an offence under the ...

Chartered accountants largely FASEA compliant

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2018
... "Chartered accountants have a strong foundation and deserve recognition for their CA qualifications, strict adherence to our Code of Ethics, ongoing continuing professional development and experience such as mentoring, in addition to their related degree," ...

FASEA busts dishonest education providers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018
... planning qualifications to be recognised. A graduate diploma for new entrants and one bridging course covering the FASEA Code of Ethics and legalities have also been recommended. The FPA believes the financial adviser exam to be an open-book, multiple ...

Firetrail to launch $305m IPO

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... and will run for about three weeks, closing on October 25. The LIC expects to start trading on October 31 under the ticker code FTA. Former Macquarie managers Firetrail Investments set up shop at Ian Macoun's multi-affiliate Pinnacle Investment Management ...