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FSC aggregates insurance industry data

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
... thanked the chief executives of insurance groups that are also members of the FSC. Superannuation funds added to Life Insurance Code of Practice The FSC has also added the Insurance in Superannuation Voluntary Code of Practice as a stand-alone chapter ...

Industry fund signs stewardship code

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
A $20 billion industry superannuation fund is the latest asset owner to sign up to Australia's new stewardship code. VicSuper is the latest signatory to the Australian Asset Owners Stewardship Code, which is set to play a key role in influencing the ...

Three attempts at adviser exam is fair: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
... test advisers' knowledge of the Corporations Act, particularly around financial services and markets (30%) and the FASEA code of ethics (15%). It will also test advisers' behavioural finance knowledge, such as client and consumer behaviour, engagement ...

FASEA-induced exodus increasingly likely

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
... limited AFSLs have to actively commit to maintaining that part of their business." "They will be required to subscribe to a code monitoring body within 18 months, will need to have passed the adviser exam within two and a half years, and will need to ...

FASEA issues adviser exam proposals

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2018
... knowledge around the Corporations Act, with an emphasis on Chapter 7 - financial services and markets (30%), and the FASEA code of ethics (15%). It will also test advisers' competency in elements of behavioural finance such as client and consumer ...

Simple Fund 360 picks up AdviserLogic

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
AdviserLogic clients are now available to use Simple Fund 360, after the software provider integrated with the BGL platform. The SMSF software provider added in a release that AdviserLogic used the free BGL application programming interface (API) to ...

PM Capital offers new LIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2018
... global mandates. PTrackERS stands for portfolio tracking exchangeable redeemable securities. It will trade on the ASX with the code P25PA.

AFA seeks overhaul of proposed education standards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2018
... achieving degree equivalence, the AFA said. A recommendation for the Government to defer the start of compliance schemes and code monitoring until 1 January 2022 is also highlighted by the AFA, saying additional time would allow all advisers to complete ...

ASIC slams SMSF advice, flags further education reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
... is no doubt that SMSF advice will now be a significant focus of those bodies selected to monitor compliance with FASEA's code of ethics for advisers, once they are approved. "This is a growing sector and good advice is imperative to ensure the best outcomes ...

ABA appoints deputy chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
... important industry reform initiatives such as the Better Banking Reform Program, which included a complete rewrite of the Banking Code of Practice. There is no doubt his wise counsel and guidance will be missed by all ABA member banks," ABA said in a ...