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Proposed reforms could simplify advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021
Fresh proposals from the Australian Law Reform Commission aim to simplify several complex areas of financial advice legislation. The ALRC is proposing sweeping changes to financial services law, including changes that affect the advice industry, tabled ...

Better Advice Bill gets green light

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
... landmark Better Advice Bill, which introduces a new disciplinary body, passed the senate overnight. Under the Financial Sector Reform (Hayne Royal Commission Response-Better Advice) Bill 2021 (Better Advice Bill), from 1 January 2022, the Financial Services ...

Super, ASIC beneficiaries of advice challenges: Hearing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
... rate to do more work." Wilson then asked how advice fees are aligned to clients' best interests, with Jacobsen saying the law is very clear on fee for service being the right way to go, with client consent and annual opt-in. Wilson challenged his ...

ASIC prepares licensees for reference checks

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021
... that AFSLs undertake rigorous reference checking and information sharing for financial advisers similar to the way the Australian Banking Association conducts reference checking. Mortgage brokers are also subject to the same new regulation. The Financial ...

Better Advice regulations hit parliament

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... will see advisers apply to ASIC so they are recorded in the Financial Advisers Register. Stage two coincides with the Australian Taxation Office's newly proposed Australian Business Registry Service, which requires individuals to register themselves. ...

Government to create ASIC, APRA regulator

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
... legislation that will see the establishment of an independent body charged with reviewing the effectiveness of both the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). Under the Financial ...

AFA defends industry against Labor attack

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
... advice - the kind of advice we've seen again and again and again, the kind of advice exposed in the Hayne Royal Commission," she went on to say. "There are inadequate protections for consumers, and this bill further exposes people to these risks. ...

Super leaders recognised

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... non-executive director of and chair of the investment committee at State Trustees. Emslie was previously president of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and a director at CareSuper, VicSuper and Vision Super. The former chair ...

Former Australian Unity adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021
A former authorised representative of Australian Unity Personal Financial Services was handed a five-year ban for telling clients MySuper options are more expensive and to opt out of the products. Christopher Chan will serve a five-year ban for writing ...

Granny flat tax exemption to become law

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2021
... and legally enforceable family agreements were identified as a measure to prevent elder abuse in the 2017 Australian Law Reform Commission's report Elder Abuse - A National Legal Response. The report found that current tax arrangements have been ...