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CFD providers form industry body

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
... enhance operational efficiency and investor protection. The forum has established 16 standards that go over the existing regulations for the CFD industry in areas such as risk management, due diligence, business continuity and full segregation of client ...

MLC: FOFA support hub sees strong response

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... Financial Planning, Garvan Financial Planning, MLC Financial Planning and NAB Financial Planning an overview of the FOFA regulations and a timeline and MLC's view of potential impacts to the industry. Richard Nunn, executive general manager advice and ...

FOFA opt-in amendment in full

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... by the code to be bound by the opt-in requirement; and (c) ASIC is satisfied of any other matters prescribed by the regulations. The exemption must also be in writing and the regulator must publish notice of it in the Gazette. Minister Shorten's office ...

SEC triggers industry protest storm

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... furiously and vowed to fight the proposals they fear are worse than the problem they are trying to prevent. "These regulations will kill the business," Chris Donahue chief executive of Federated Investors told Investment News. Leading the industry reaction ...

FOFA makes assumptions on churning: Synchron

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... other, where acting in the best interests of the client involves moving them from one insurance product to another, the regulations label advisers churners and penalise them for it," said Trapnell.

Securitor launches accountant SMSF solution

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
... accountants' exemption. The Federal Government announced in 2010 that it planned to remove the exemption in the Corporations Regulations 2001 which permitted accountants to provide advice on the establishment and closure of self-managed superannuation ...

Disclosure regulations unnecessary: FIRSTSUPER

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
The superannuation disclosure debate and industry transparency was raised again yesterday after ASIC promised future guidance for super funds, meanwhile one super fund that already uses disclosure practices has called the actions "unnecessary". Peter ...

ASFA warns on unseen MySuper outcomes

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... adviser could provide scaled advice on single issues or simple scenarios while still abiding by best interest duty regulations. "In order for advisers to be able to do this there needs to be a degree of certainty as to what "best interests" means in ...

Fidelity backs move to empower shareholders

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... ripping off the shareholder...and it's wrong," said Cameron. The PM said the government was committed to introducing regulations whereby shareholders would be "empowered" through voting on executives remuneration agreements. "The absolute key, what does ...

MySuper regulations fundamentally flawed

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... differential pricing correlating to different investment costs of various asset classes. The criticism for the proposed regulations surfaced as part of Aon's response to APRA's discussion paper on prudential standards for superannuation providers released ...