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Forex Capital to face Federal Court

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
... Yoshai could face fines of $420,000. The regulator also alleges that Forex Capital "contravened a ban on conflicted remuneration under the Corporations Act by paying account manager bonuses primarily based on client 'net deposits' (total client ...

ASIC sues CBA, CFS over RC case

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
... ASIC is taking Commonwealth Bank and its wealth arm, Colonial First State, to task over $22 million in conflicted remuneration issues which it alleges ran up until June 30 last year. The corporate regulator has sued CBA, and the investment arm of its ...

Short consultation window for stamping fee exemption

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
The consultation window for the exposure draft set to extend the ban on conflicted remuneration to listed investment companies and trusts is open, for a short period of time. Stakeholders have been given just one week to respond to the government's ...

FASEA extension en route

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
The government's move to extend the ban on conflicted remuneration to listed investment companies and trusts is expected to provide financial advisers with some much needed certainty. Following Treasury consultation, the government made the decision ...

Global manager reduces fees on flagship fund

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... post Royal Commission and FOFA environment. The government's changes to end grandfathered provisions for conflicted remuneration will come into effect from 1 January 2021. With this change, the full effect of the FOFA laws will come to fruition, banning ...

Major regulatory efforts delayed

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2020
... shelved. Additionally, the regulator confirmed on Tuesday that it would delay its work on grandfathered conflicted remuneration and life insurance advice, alongside its introduction of three temporary measures to assist the superannuation industry with ...

ASIC provides relief around early super access advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... timely advice during the COVID-19 crisis. It has also confirmed it is delaying its work on grandfathered conflicted remuneration and life insurance advice. To assist the provision of advice around the government's early access to super scheme, ASIC ...

Colonial First State cuts fees, closes legacy options

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... FirstWrap Plus and Beacon will drop transaction fees and advice fees on listed security trades, alongside conflicted remuneration and insurance commissions. This will benefit about 1100 members to the tune of $565 on average in annual fee reductions. ...

Consumers trust Google over advisers: NobleOak

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... Commission has broken down trust in the advice industry, NobleOak said. "The Royal Commission exposing conflicted remuneration by financial advisers has no doubt impacted trust and consumers no longer have confidence they will be sold the best product," ...

Product provider makes big FASEA promise

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... says it has solutions to help financial advisers meet the Code of Ethics requirements that they avoid conflicted remuneration and consider ethical and responsible investments in a more in-depth way. "For advisers the FASEA standards are no longer an ...