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AFCA seeks industry feedback on approaches

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2024
... AFCA Approach documents support consumers, small businesses and financial firms' understanding of its approach to certain issues and how it reaches decisions. The Approach documents provide practical information on how AFCA will assess and determine ...

ASIC issues first stop order for crowd funding

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2024
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued an interim stop order preventing Hirehood from offering securities under its crowd-sourced funding (CSF) offer document. The CSF was published on the VentureCrowd intermediary platform. ...

Gender gap to close in 134 years: World Economic Forum

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024
... in 2022. As the global economy has cooled, it is women that have been disproportionately hit, reinforcing the systemic issues that hold women back in the workplace," LinkedIn vice president global public policy and economic graph Sue Duke said. "We are ...

AustralianSuper bears brunt of complaints: AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2024
... sector registered 2336 complaints for the period. The lion's share (52%) related to account administration, followed by issues relating to group insurance (35.7%). A minority related to death benefits (11.5%) and pensions (0.89%). Victims of Dixon ...

APRA warns entities on adequacy of backup systems

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024
... to recover systems and data. "APRA expects regulated entities to review their backup arrangements against these common issues. If the review identifies gaps that could materially impact the entity's risk profile or financial soundness, APRA considers ...

Chinese property market to stabilise

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024
... addition, Chan and Kushlis said these new measures will keep downward pressure on property prices, but only for now. "Once the issues surrounding purchase price and sizing of unsold homes are resolved, property prices should begin to stabilise," they ...

APRA hits Mercer with additional licence conditions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024
... regulators conditions. "Mercer acknowledges the findings of APRA's review and is fully committed to taking action on the issues raised. We believe our fund will be stronger and more resilient as a result," Mercer said. "We had a program of work underway ...

Platform reveals advice firms' top issues

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2024
... stemming from 8750 Ensombl members who deliberated among themselves about best-practice solutions reveals their most-pressing issues in the six months to December 2023. Investments and technical knowledge rounded the top five most talked about topics ...

ASIC issues experienced pathway guidance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2024
ASIC has released new guidance for financial advisers who could potentially qualify as experienced providers and skip further education and training. The regulator today released Information Sheet 281 FAQS: Relevant providers - Accessing the experienced ...

Super funds to solve the housing crisis?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2024
... time; that increases the risk when you don't have consistency in planning regulations," she said. "These are complex issues that the parliament has turned its mind to, which is fantastic. But in ASFA's opinion and the research that we've ...