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Bravura signs second SuperStream client

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013
... client to comply with both the 2013 (rollover) and 2014 (high volume contributions) phases of the new SuperStream regulations. "This implementation will ensure our new client achieves these efficiencies and member outcomes with ease."

ASIC brandishes whip on dark liquidity and HFT

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013
... introduced in May this year, and we have observed a considerable drop in small and fleeting orders," she said. Among the regulations are requirements for operators to information about their crossing system publish on a website, and to adopt a common ...

Stronger Super transparency rules too stringent: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
... 'publicly available' on a website for non-members' to access that information." The FSC recommended instead that the regulations be amended to include an exception from making commercially sensitive information publicly available. The submission also ...

ATO clarifies when a pension ceases

STAFF WRITERS  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
... paragraph (a)(ii) of the definition of superannuation income stream in regulation 995-1.01 of the Income Tax Assessment Regulations 1997 (ITAR 1997). According to the Ruling, a pension is considered to have ceased when one of four main conditions are ...

FoFA could lock advisers into licensees for life

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
The additional Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulations concerning the grandfathering provision could lock advisers into their licensee's dealership for life, consultancy firm Radar Results said. Industry bodies are already lobbying for changes ...

SMSFs lose majority of cases against ATO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
... future, there's no doubt about that," Hughes said. Hughes said he expects to see "an interesting year this year" as new regulations come in.

Grandfathering uncertainty already affecting businesses

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
... consequences of the uncertainty around the grandfathering provisions within the new Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulations with planners hesitant to change licensees until the legislation is clearer. Synchron Group director John Prossor expressed ...

Fossil fuel companies to be rendered 'worthless': IMPAX

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... posed by the fossil fuel sector. "Financial analysts are increasingly warning investors of the risks that tighter regulations on carbon dioxide emissions and falling demand for fossil fuels could make fossil fuel reserves substantially less valuable ...

ASIC increases NTA requirements for custodians

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has introduced new regulations over the amount custodians are required to hold in net tangible assets (NTA). Under the new regulations, custodians must hold 10% of average annual revenue in ...

Super investors scrutinise companies over LDC working conditions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... enforcement," Lim said. "For example, several tragic high rise fires spurred the development of specific fire safety regulations which now calls for the greater use of non-flammable insulation." But as these improvements in LHR in China inevitably reduce ...