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FASEA clarifies adviser exam rules

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... focus on applied knowledge acquired in actual financial advice scenarios, testing the following competency areas: Corporations Act (emphasis on Chapter 7 - Financial services and markets) Financial advice construction - suitability of advice aligned ...

Managed accounts provider enters crowdfunding

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
... shares (up to $5 million) in any 12-month period while being exempted from certain disclosure requirements in the Corporations Act. It attempts to reduce the regulatory burden for small companies to raise capital, BIR Financial said. Under the rules ...

Blockchain can power internal systems: Digital Asset

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
While the focus of the blockchain industry debate is its usage cross platforms, the real potential can actually be in managing internal systems, said the chief executive of the company behind ASX's new blockchain system. Speaking at a SIBOS session ...

Assistant Treasurer refutes breach allegations

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
Assistant Treasurer Stuart Robert has countered allegations he breached the Corporations Act. Responding to questions from Financial Standard today, Robert said allegations levelled at him by Labor Senator Chris Ketter during Senate Estimates on Wednesday ...

Life insurer early intervention reforms dumped

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
... intervention treatment have been scrapped by the Federal Government. In response to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services' report released yesterday, the Financial Services Council said it was "deeply disappointed" ...

Advice dealer group takes out governance award

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
... support processes we have at Elders," he said. The awards recognise outstanding contributions by individuals and corporations to the development, understanding, or implementation of governance, risk and compliance systems in Australia. The annual event ...

Post Royal Commission change is all talk: Shipton

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... in meeting reporting requirements. On Friday, ASIC chair James Shipton told the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services that the regulator is still experiencing "slow and delayed responses from financial institutions and ...

Revised penalties come down hard on white collar crime

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... Sunday, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said criminal penalties were set to double in some cases, while civil penalties for corporations and individuals would skyrocket. Following a review of ASIC's enforcement powers, the Government will introduce legislation ...

Advisers gain FASEA credits for existing qualifications

HARRISON WORLEY  |  SUNDAY, 14 OCT 2018
... Robert said. "Four to go. That's not a great impost. One will be ethics. One will look at chapter seven of the Corporations Act - which everyone should know - and there'll be some behavioural finance and one of your own choice." Robert's ...

ANZ chief says remediation is "distracting"

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... companies. Elliot also admitted the bank has operated below what the law requires but maintains it did not breach the Corporations Act. If that is the case, the panel asked, then why have hundreds of people made submissions to the Royal Commission to ...