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FASEA blame game on in earnest

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... Labor's decision to attach an amendment as a "betrayal", noting the bill could not be listed as "non-controversial" legislation which would have ensured its swift passage through the Senate. "Labor's last minute changes forced the government ...

Mudslinging over FASEA extension continues

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... "I encourage financial advisers to express their disappointment with the government for threatening to withdraw the legislation and further delaying on this issue." However, the government believes the bill has little to do with listed investment companies ...

Government delays RC implementation timeline

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... December now due to arrive in June 2021. Additionally, commencement dates in Royal Commission related draft exposure legislation issued before the pandemic will be extended by six months. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the deferral would allow the industry ...

FASEA extension to pass next week

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... financial technology Jane Hume delivered some welcome news about the extension to FASEA requirements. Hume confirmed the legislation would be listed on the Senate sitting calendar next week as non-controversial, meaning both parties agree it should pass. ...

ASIC releases weekly regulatory tracker

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... instruments (including rules, determinations and waivers) made by ASIC which are published on the Federal Register of Legislation, and information about instruments which provide relief to individual entities where this is related to COVID-19," the regulator ...

Frydenberg amends Corporations Act

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... communicate with their shareholders, or use electronic signatures on documents - as required under the nearly 20-year-old legislation," Motto said. "We have consistently advocated that the requirements of the Corporations Act are holding back digital ...

How Cbus is servicing early release requests

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... applications from its members to access their superannuation early as permitted by government's COVID response legislation. It has totaled $384.8 million so far, which Fok said is lower than what it expected. Superannuation funds were asked to provide ...

Future Fund falls 3.4% in March quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... will provide for JobKeeper payments and SME rental relief among other measures. "Our job is just to invest for the legislation and the mandate and that's what we continue to do," Arndt said. "We haven't been asked...and we think the best way ...

IOOF, CountPlus, Iress want better path to fee consent

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... platform providers have joined forces to call for a consistent industry approach to managing the Advice Fee Consent legislation. The proposed legislation, which is part of the government's Royal Commission reforms, requires platform operators and superannuation ...

Compliance worse than COVID-19

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... solutions with scant regard for the implications of their decisions," he said. "Technology is only just now catching up to legislation, probably due to the... final realisation that advisers have been ill-equipped to deal with the momentum of change." ...