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AFCA ombudsman addresses adviser concerns

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
... advice given since July 2013." Adviser obligations prior to 1 July 2013 are those that fall under Section 945A in the Corporations Act 2001: requirement to know your product, know your client, and provide appropriate advice. Cases that occurred from ...

YBR to remediate wealth clients

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
... arrangements may not have received a fee disclosure statement or a renewal notice within the time limits prescribed by the Corporations Act. YBR said it made a provision for $928,000 and is conducting an internal audit of records and will contact affected ...

Pension fund joins action against Facebook

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
... represents a first step, but more is needed," said SISS director Kirsty Jenkinson. "We are sending a message to all large corporations that good governance is good for business, and we expect that of any corporation within which we invest." A derivative ...

Frydenberg flags new advice disciplinary system

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
... the Future of Financial Advice Reforms (FOFA), took almost 23 months from when the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services tabled its report to when legislation was first introduced. "There are currently 24 streams of work ...

Clime Capital settles class action

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
... project. Further, it claimed UGL engaged in misleading and/or deceptive conduct, and breached its obligations of the Corporations Act 2001 and the ASX Listing Rules. Consequently, investors that purchased UGL shares within the claim period have suffered ...

FASEA exam results spark debate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
... even there I assume (having not done it) that it will be a lot more in depth than the exam - which covered ethics, corporations law, privacy act and anti-money laundering requirements - could be," she said.

Inaugural FASEA exam results in

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
... reasoning and communication; and financial advice construction. Under new financial adviser requirements within the Corporations Act 2001, advisers must pass an exam approved by the standards-setting body. Existing advisers are required to pass the exam ...

Document leak puts NAB under the pump

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
... O'Neill successfully moved to refer the auditing sector to an inquiry by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services in Parliament yesterday, with a final report due by March 1 2020.

ASIC moves to ban direct life cold calling

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2019
... insurance products consumers neither want, need or even understand. ASIC said it would use its modification powers in the Corporations Act to implement the ban, which comes on the back of its recent report into the design and sale of consumer credit ...

Beyond the China A shares hype

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... third most populous region and the sixth largest economy in aggregate. Even before the trade tensions began, many corporations were relocating manufacturing operations to South East Asia as China became less cheap to do business. The trade tensions have ...