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Advice firms need technology to survive: FPA

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... executive Dante De Gori said the FPA is encouraging the government to work with the industry to use digital options for disclosure, consent and transactions through standardised processes and forms. "The volume of regulatory change that is coming through ...

Audit inquiry overlooks vertical integration

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... detecting and reporting fraud and misconduct. The final report recommended audit firms establish defined categories and disclosure fees received for audit and non-audit services, as well as list non-audit services they are explicitly prohibited from ...

AAT affirms SMSF adviser ban

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... relevant to activities that would be permitted under his proposed order." "So too is careful attention to requirements for disclosure of remuneration and other personal interests, which Mr Blazejczyk also failed to do." Further, the AAT was not satisfied ...

SASB appoints Australian advisor

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
The global body responsible for setting sustainability disclosure standards has appointed its first senior advisor for Australia following increased interest from local institutional investors. The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) has ...

AustralianSuper dodges advertising scrutiny

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
... "market-sensitive" information. The committee also put the spotlight on the super fund's internal culture, pointing to 13 non-disclosure agreements that concerned performance and behavioural issues of staff members. None of these related to sexual ...

FASEA urged to clarify in-house product conflicts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
... clarified that where advice is in the best interests of the client, safe harbour has been followed, fees are reasonable and disclosure has been made, standard three is likely to have been met. IMAP said while some of that guidance was clear, some of ...

BT changes adviser fee structure

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020
... Greenhalgh said. "There are currently no clients in the BT Index Funds that have ongoing adviser fees, even though the disclosure and functionality of our systems has enabled it. "This also applies to all Advance and BT Wholesale Funds (including BT ...

Rest climate case dismissed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020
The Federal Court case brought by Mark McVeigh against the $57 billion industry super fund has been dismissed. The case was scheduled to be heard today but Justice Perram ordered that by consent the case was to be dismissed. McVeigh and Rest have been ...

UniSuper revises fees for TTR members

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... ending 30 June 2019 and 30 June 2020." "This is because our trustee has elected to opt into a revised fees and costs disclosure regime from 1 October 2020." Under the Flexi Pension Balanced option for example, TTR members pay 0.40% per year but do not ...

Sydney multi-boutique hires from Perpetual

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... under its responsible entity subsidiary Channel Investment Management Limited. Areas that Wong will work on include fee disclosure, product design and distribution obligations, and corporate collective investment vehicles. In his most recent role, Wong ...