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QAR leaves insurance commissions alone

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022
... However, she said the risk is diminished by other recent reforms, including anti-hawking, design and distribution obligations, and caps on some commissions. "A financial adviser is an intermediary who has undertaken to provide advice in the best interests ...

Westlawn Financial Services cops stop orders

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2022
... In addition, ASIC said that the TMD didn't meet the appropriateness requirements under its design and distribution obligations (DDO). "The distribution conditions in the TMD were not specific enough to ensure the fund is distributed to consumers in the ...

ASIC issues stop orders on Holon funds

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2022
... funds, and it could take further regulatory action. To date, ASIC has used its powers under the design and distribution obligations (DDO) regime to place 10 interim stop orders. It said four orders have been lifted following actions taken by the entities ...

ASIC issues stop order on third property fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2022
... requirements for the TMD. "APIL also did not meet the appropriateness requirements under the design and distribution obligations (DDO) because the distribution condition was inadequate. APIL's distribution condition relied solely on investors' ...

Stop orders placed on property funds

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022
... Meanwhile, ASIC found the Private Property Trust No.20 did not meet requirements under the design and distribution obligations (DDOs) because it did not adequately describe the class of retail clients in the intended market or specify mandatory review ...

SMSFA calls for budget amendments

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2022
... financial barrier. It further highlighted removing ambiguity regarding the application of the design and distribution obligations and target market determinations to SMSFs. "These provisions should not apply to establishing an SMSF, adding a new member ...

Focus on providing 'good advice': QAR draft proposals

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
... customers find most useful," she writes. Further, Levy suggests the reporting requirements for the design and distribution obligations should be simplified by only requiring relevant providers to report to the product issuer where they have received ...

ASIC tells super trustees to improve TMDs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
... and needs of consumers in the target market. "ASIC is now focusing on compliance with the design and distribution obligations, and we will move to enforce the obligations where necessary." ASIC concluded that TMDs are an important requirement for all ...

ASIC continues crack down on deceptive advertising

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2022
... misleading or deceptive representations in advertising and further stop orders for breaches of the design and distribution obligations. The initial order, handed down in late July, prevents RES from advertising or publishing any statement regarding PPM ...

ASIC issues first DDO stop orders

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022
... target market determinations. In what marks its first use of its stop order powers under the design and distribution obligations, ASIC has placed interim stop orders on Responsible Entity Services Limited (RES) and two UGC Global Group companies, UGC ...