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CFA Institute asks FASEA to recognise charterholders

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
The association representing CFAs is asking its charterholders be allowed to qualify as financial advisers, as FASEA overhauls the educational standards in the advice industry. CFA Institute chief executive Paul Smith was in Sydney for a briefing that ...

Government to relax super work test

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
The Federal Government is aiming to boost the superannuation balances of retirees by relaxing the super contributions work test for one year. To be able to make voluntary contributions to super, members aged 65 to 74 are generally required to work a ...

Zurich helps advisers quantify cost of care

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 OCT 2018
Latest research from Zurich is helping financial advisers quantify the cost of healthcare when providing insurance advice. The cost of care whitepaper debunks the mentality that Australia is "bulletproof" and that the social and healthcare system will ...

FSU, FSC respond to interim report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
The Finance Sector Union has welcomed the release of Commissioner Hayne's interim report, labeling it an important first step in reforming the financial services industry. FSU national secretary Julia Angrisano said the union agrees wholeheartedly ...

Advice industry in hot water

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
Dishonesty and greed were the key themes that underscored the Royal Commission's hearing into financial advice, Commissioner Kenneth Hayne has said. Releasing his interim report today, Hayne has said of the misconduct within Australia's major ...

Labor proposes RC implementation task force

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
If Labor comes to power, it will set up a dedicated task force to implement the Royal Commission's final recommendations due next year. Responding to the interim report, acting opposition leader Tanya Plibersek told a media conference in Sydney ...

ASIC extends relief to foreign financial services firms

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
ASIC will allow foreign companies that provide financial services to Australian wholesale clients to continue without the need of an AFSL until 30 September 2019. The corporate regulator announced in June it was proposing a modified licensing regime ...

Kell resigns from ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2018
ASIC deputy chair Peter Kell is resigning after seven years in the role. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said Kell's experience and understanding of corporate regulation has been appreciated by successive governments as well as members of ASIC. Kell joined ...

University students to run hedge fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
An industry-backed hedge fund has launched at the University of New South Wales, where students will run a concentrated long-short portfolio of ASX 300 stocks with ESG filters. Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) general manager Michael ...

No time for complacency: AIST

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
Not-for-profit funds have been vindicated by the Royal Commission's "damning" preliminary findings into the retail super sector but can't afford to be complacent, according to the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees. Kicking off ...