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ASIC pursues criminal charges in super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... later this year will assist the regulator's work. "They [DDOs] represent a true step-change in financial services regulation - the frontier of outcomes-based regulation," she said. ASIC will soon begin meeting with chairs, chief executives, and boards ...

Adviser levy to increase by 160%

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2021
ASIC has hit financial advisers with the news that levies will increase by the equivalent of 160% over two years, with industry bodies outraged. The total cost levied by ASIC is now $1500 per retail advice licence, plus an additional $2426 per authorised ...

Iress to deliver DDO solution

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
The financial services software company has announced its plans to launch a technological solution to meet the Design and Distribution Obligations (DDO), commencing 5 October 2021. ASIC's RG 274 Product design and distribution obligations aims to ...

Australia to echo UK advice growth

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
Australia's advice industry is tipped to grow to that of the UK market, evidenced by technology adoption throughout COVID-19, according to Intelliflo. The UK-based financial advice technology provider referred to various reforms in the UK, such as the ...

Financial services least trusted industry: Edelman

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
According to the 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer, financial services is the least trusted industry in the world - losing even more trust during the pandemic. Global public relations giant Edelman has been assessing the public trust in various sectors since ...

ASIC to take targeted approach with PIP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2021
ASIC commissioner Sean Hughes said the government's Product Intervention Powers (PIP) will allow the regulator to take a targeted, calibrated and less prescriptive approach to regulation. Speaking at the Australian Finance Industry Association Risk ...

No tech bubble: BlackRock

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
BlackRock's macro research team has revealed the $8.7 trillion asset manager is continuing to favour the technology sector going into 2021. "The pandemic has turbocharged transformations that were already underway - from sustainability to inequality. ...

Chief economist update: NIRP embedded in BOE forecasts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
The Bank of England (BOE) gave financial markets what they wanted and kept monetary policy settings unchanged - the bank rate at a record low 0.1% and QE at £895 billion - at its first Monetary Policy Committee meeting on February 4. It was hoping ...

Reference checks should cover all advice: FPA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
Reference checks should be extended to general advice and to anyone that has the ability to influence the financial advice process, according to the Financial Planning Association of Australia. In its submission to ASIC for Consultation Paper 333 Implementing ...

Big year for ESG ahead: MSCI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
The move towards environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations dominated MSCI's Investment Insights 2021 survey. Around 200 executives at different asset owners were surveyed by phone late last year, representing sovereign wealth funds ...