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Changes to advice incoming: Bragg

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... Senator Andrew Bragg has confirmed legislative changes to advice are around the corner, telling Michael Rice the Corporations Act needs to be updated. Bragg, in conversation with Rice for a Financial Services Council webinar, said he is an avid user ...

Industry super accused of misleading consumers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... 'industry super'. The subject arose as Falinski questioned ASIC during the Senate Parliamentary Joint Committee, Corporations and Financial Services on its litigation against Mayfair 101. Part of ASIC's case against Mayfair 101 is the allegation ...

AMP advisers low priority for ASIC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
... businesses was not a priority for the regulator. In a letter to the chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations Senator James Paterson, O'Neil said she would like the committee to look into BOLR agreements being slashed because she was ...

AustralianSuper PYS fee under scrutiny again

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
... Super' to cover the cost of the fund complying with new legislation. At the Senate Parliamentary Joint Committee, Corporations and Financial Services Senator Andrew Bragg asked ASIC commissioner Danielle Press how ASIC's review into member communication ...

Pendal winds back fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
... Managed Cash Fund has been running since 1986 and invests in short-term money market securities issued by banks, corporations and similar local issuers. The Pendal Stable Cash Plus Fund has about $1.8 billion in assets and invests in combination of money ...

Litigation funding fight heats up

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
The Senate Parliamentary Joint Committee, Corporations and Financial Services looking into litigation funding and the regulation of the class action industry sparked a heated debate today. Menzies Research Centre chief of staff James Mathias was questioned ...

FASEA brings back remote tests

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
... sit the exam in metrpolitan Melbourne will have the option of doing it online. At the end of June FASEA released Corporations (Relevant Providers Continuing Professional Development Standard) Determination (Amendment) 2020 for consultation. The amendment ...

WAM makes replacement bid for Keybridge

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... Keybridge's costs associated with the matter. Bolton also requested the court to order a declaration that WAM breached the Corporations Act and that the transfer of the shares is void. The filing requested that WAM Active be banned from disposing ...

Super fund members compensated

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... Australia said: "In March 2018, Aon Hewitt Financial Advice (AHFA) voluntarily notified ASIC of suspected breaches of the Corporations Act by two of its third party authorised representatives out of a network of 185 advisers." "The breaches were notified ...

Calls to investigate treatment of AMP advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... I understand theAMP banking arm has funded the operation, and to prepare a full report for the Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services oversight hearing on July 13," she said. A spokesperson for AMP said that the decision to reset commercial ...