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MDA provider appoints lawyer to senior role

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... "Jillian has worked as a corporate lawyer for over 15 years and she has a deep knowledge and understanding of the Corporations Act and the ASX listing rules, including related-party transactions, capital raising requirements and continuous disclosure ...

FPA reveals 10 point plan to improve advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... in several policy matters regarding financial advice, including enshrining the term financial planner in the Corporations Act. The organisation proposes that the law requires any adviser to be a member of a professional body, that they hold a relevant ...

YBR acquires mortgage aggregator for $17.6 million

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
... shareholders will be called by mid July 2014 to consider resolutions required under the ASX Listing Rules and the Corporations Act. Completion of the Vow acquisition by YBR is expected to be on 31 July 2014.

CBA, CSSA promote FoFA legal loophole

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
... Corporate Super Specialist Alliance (CSSA), would get around current bans on conflicted remuneration by amending the Corporations Act so that businesses are considered wholesale rather than retail clients. Wholesale clients are not covered by the FoFA ...

CBA wants Senate to fix corporate super advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... bank continued. CBA said that the issue could be addressed by modifying the application of section 761G of the Corporations Act 2001, so employers would be treated as wholesale clients for the purposes only of conflicted remuneration. Then, "the employer ...

Lawyer exposes ASIC favours to big players

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... superannuation calculators. "Starting in 2004 IFSA aggressively lobbied ASIC to issue a class order that would amend the Corporations Act so IFSA's members could offer online calculators that would not comply with the act's reasonable basis for advice ...

Industry receives FoFA bill with mixed feelings

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... supports the removal of the "catch all" definition of the advisers' best interest duty under section 961B(1) of the Corporations Act. "It was undefined and we would have had to wait for a court case to define it," the FPA general manager of policy and ...

Government limits general advice exemption in FoFA amendments

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... and the removal of the "catch all" definition of the advisers' best interest duty under section 961B(1) of the Corporations Act. The industry welcomed the fact that the government put "on hold" the decision to introduce amendments to permit adviser commissions ...

FoFA changes no threat to best interest duty: lawyer

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... The advice focuses on the removal of the 'catch-all' provision of the safe harbor section of the legislation (Corporations Act 961(B)). Following six specific points spelling out what is classed as 'best interest', the catch-all provision widens the ...

FoFA amendments will reduce quality of advice: lawyer

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... member best interest test is already enshrined in the first subsection of the legislation. "Section 961B(1) of the Corporations Act provides that an adviser must act in the best interests of the client," Halsey said, adding: "The proposed amendments ...