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More adviser participation needed to shape ethics code

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2018
Financial advisers must consult on the draft code of ethics as it contains vague standards the industry has never previously been required to adhere to. While it is already expected that advisers comply with a raft of legal obligations, wealthdigital ...

ASIC consults on advice code monitoring bodies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2018
... ASIC released its consultation paper detailing proposals for approving and supervising compliance schemes for the incoming code of ethics that all financial advisers must adhere to. Under the professional standards legislation, the code of ethics developed ...

Adviser disciplinary regime has holes: AFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... the AFA said: "If the question is referring to a single disciplinary body, where breaches of the law and breaches of the Code of Ethics were all considered by the same body then this would involve significant regulatory and structural reform." Despite ...

BlackRock confirms iShares delisting timetable

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
BlackRock has laid out options for iShares ETF investors to liquidate their holdings, reconfirming it will suspend the trading of five products from the ASX in about a month. On May 3, BlackRock said it was pulling five iShares products from the Australian ...

Application fees increase for tax advisers

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... practitioners have responded well to the challenge of rapidly evolving business practices while continuing to meet their Code of Professional Conduct obligations," Taylor said. "We look forward to continuing to assist a growing population of registered ...

Federal government responds to white collar crime Senate inquiry

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
The Federal Government has agreed to strengthen some of ASIC's powers but has deferred acting on recommendations to tighten self-reporting and industry codes as it waits for the dust to settle on Royal Commission findings. In its response to the Senate ...

Industry wants one-stop-shop professional body: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
... (74%) said yes. Nineteen per cent said no and would prefer professional bodies to continue to separately govern members' code of conduct as is. Round two of the Royal Commission, which took place between April 16 and 27, scrutinised several shortcomings ...

Perpetual director joins ING board

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
... National RMBS Trust. Perpetual has listed $1.54 billion in Class A1-A notes that are due in August 2049 under the ASX ticker code NROHA. It has also issued another $300 million Class A1-G notes under ticker code NROHB; and $70 million class A2 notes ...

InvestSMART to launch active ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
... actively-managed equity income ETF on May 14. The InvestSMART Australian Equity Income Fund (managed fund), trading under the ticker code INIF, will mirror InvestSMART's Australian Equity Income strategy. It will hold up to 30 stocks with a bias towards ...

Trustee firm lists $2bn in RMBS debt securities

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
... National RMBS Trust. Perpetual has listed $1.54 billion in Class A1-A notes that are due in August 2049 under the ASX ticker code NROHA. It has also issued another $300 million Class A1-G notes under ticker code NROHB; and $70 million class A2 notes ...