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New tool launches to help FASEA code compliance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
... MyNextAdvice, which has launched a solution to help licensees monitor adviser compliance. "ASIC has mandated that AFS Licensees are responsible for monitoring adviser compliance with the code until the Government establishes a central code monitoring ...

AFSLs show widespread non-compliance: ASIC

ELIZA BAVIN, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
AFS licensees are consistently failing to provide correct information about advice fees to clients and are potentially still charging fees long after ongoing fee arrangements have been terminated, ASIC has found. The report, Compliance with fee disclosure ...

FASEA chief to provide update

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
... breaches of the code. "Financial advisers will still be required to comply with the code from 1 January 2020 and AFS licensees will still be required to take reasonable steps to ensure that their financial advisers comply with the code," ASIC said. This ...

ASIC outlines Code of Ethics expectations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
... The regulator stressed financial advisers will still be required to comply with the code from 1 January 2020 and AFS licensees will still be required to take reasonable steps to ensure that their financial advisers comply with the code. ASIC said that ...

Registration deadline extended: ASIC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019
... bodies would soon be displaced by the new body. Despite the lack of a monitoring body for the code, ASIC said: "AFS licensees will still be required to take reasonable steps to ensure that their financial advisers comply with the code from 1 January ...

ASIC nudges robo-adviser to shutter

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
... human advisers - the advice must be appropriate to the client and comply with the best interests duty. "ASIC expects AFS licensees and financial advisers using or recommending digital advice tools to ensure that they adequately monitor and test the advice ...

ASIC grants compliance scheme relief

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2019
ASIC will grant AFS licensees with relief from the obligation to ensure their financial advisers are covered by a compliance scheme. As part of the government's decision late last week to accelerate the establishment of a single disciplinary body for ...

Queensland-based AFSL suspended

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
... time for the firm to lodge financial reports and address ASIC's concerns. ASIC said in a statement: "ASIC expects AFS licensees to do all things necessary to meet their obligations under financial services law, comply with their licence conditions and ...

Beware adviser conflicts of interest: Lonsec

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... advisers to be able to prove how an MDA is in the best interest of their clients. "ASIC also expects advisers and AFS licensees to monitor the performance and ongoing appropriateness of the MDA service for their clients," the spokesperson said.

AMP MDA constraints frustrate advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
... and the imposition of additional licence conditions is part of ongoing efforts to make our expectations clear to AFS licensees." She added that new licence applicants and licensees seeking variations can expect ASIC to tailor licence conditions more ...