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ASIC proposes five-year extension to DDO

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2023
ASIC has proposed a five-year extension to the design and distribution obligations (DDO), the instrument for which was originally set for a two-year period. DDO was introduced following a recommendation from the 2019 Financial System Inquiry to compel ...

Another round of consultation for veteran super taxation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
The government has commenced consultation on new draft regulations related to the Douglas decision, adding to the regulations introduced to parliament late last year. In November 2022, the government introduced legislation aimed at ensuring no veteran ...

New relief for reissued life policies

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2023
ASIC is providing life insurers a conditional relief that will last five years in circumstances where a policy needs to be reissued. The conditional relief pertains to Design and Distribution Obligations for financial products issued before 5 October ...

APRA reinforces capital call expectations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
New APRA chair John Lonsdale wrote to banks and general and life insurers to remind them of the prudential requirements for additional Tier 1 and Tier 2 capital instruments. "With global credit spreads widening significantly over the past 12 months ...

Perth Mint faces AUSTRAC probe

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2022
The Perth Mint is the subject of an AUSTRAC investigation into compliance with anti-money laundering laws. The financial crimes regulator has ordered the appointment of an external auditor to Gold Corporation, which trades as The Perth Mint, to assess ...

Online investor numbers taper out: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2022
Retail investor numbers have dropped as pandemic-driven hype dampens according to an Investment Trends, 2022 First Half Australia Online Investing report. The report reveals retail online investor numbers have begun to ease. An estimated 1.47 million ...

ASIC releases guidance on super, retirement calculators

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2022
ASIC has released guidance for superannuation calculators and retirement estimates, while also updating relief around how super funds can provide retirement estimates to members. RG 276 outlines what super funds need to do to rely on the existing relief ...

ASIC releases CCIV guidelines

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2022
ASIC has released long-awaited regulatory guidelines relating to the registration and licensing requirements for Corporate Collective Investment Vehicles ahead of its July 1 implementation date. The information sheet (INFO 272) and report (REP 728) ...

Systemic disadvantages create retirement insecurity: HESTA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022
HESTA has submitted that applying the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) principles in Australia would lead to greater certainty and returns for super members. HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey said as a super fund ...

COVID-19 financial advice relief to be repealed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2022
ASIC will allow the COVID-19 advice-related relief instrument to automatically repeal on 15 April 2022. The COVID-19 instrument commenced on 15 April 2021. This was an extension of a raft of relief measures that were initially introduced in April 2020. ...