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SIX launches share platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2024
... minimum trade size of $500 and minimum trade cost of $9.90 and Verwey said trade costs are "in the middle" for industry standards. "It will be more cost competitive than the big banks are," Verwey said. "Our users are likely going to be coming from a ...

ASIC chases 757 adviser registrations

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2024
... strict liability and contravened a civil penalty provision. Phil Anderson, the general manager policy of advocacy and standards at the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA), told a recent Financial Standard podcast that the most important aspect ...

Actively managed, ESG funds top 2023 outflows

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2024
... simply too vague to meet investor concerns. For example, a Japanese car manufacturer that has improved its governance standards - governance in Japan is a bugbear for international investors - might qualify for an ESG fund," Lee said. Within asset classes ...

ASIC to tighten grip on super fund misdemeanours

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
... However, recent surveillance and enforcement indicates that some superannuation are failing to meet basic member service standards. Notably, ASIC has initiated civil penalty proceedings against TelstraSuper for not meeting internal dispute resolution ...

Treasury promises flexibility to adviser qualifications

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
... qualification. Under draft legislation that amends Corporations (Relevant Providers Degrees, Education and Training Standards) Determination 2021, this can be done with one or more academic transcripts issued by the provider of an approved degree or ...

ASIC makes adviser exam changes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024
... their results." "The government is committed to ensuring the exam remains a pillar of the financial adviser professional standards."

APAC investors embrace value-added strategies: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2024
... residential, and Tokyo residential are all tied in second place at 56%. ANREV director of research and professional standards Amelie Delaunay said the 2024 Investment Intentions Survey is reflecting investors' penchant for high returns following a challenging ...

Treasury releases climate disclosure draft legislation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2024
... would make financial disclosure of climate risk and opportunity mandatory in Australia using the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB)'s SR1 Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards - Disclosure of Climate-related Financial Information ...

Treasury to refresh financial adviser exam

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2023
... until 10 January 2024, is proposing several changes under the Corporations (Relevant Providers-Education and Training Standards) Amendment (2023 Measures No. 1) Determination 2023. Treasury wants to remove the short answer questions from the exam and ...

Caddick SMSF clients should recoup all funds: Lawyer

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2023
... rely on them to pick up on fraud and errors, and they should rightly be held to account if they don't uphold the standards that we expect of them." Many of Caddick's clients, which included non-SMSF clients, were given fake CommSec statements ...