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WealthSure undertakes major reform of the business

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
... Investments Commission (ASIC) over poor compliance and failure to monitor advisers' actions. The dealer group will focus on training the advisers and the compliance team. WealthSure will develop an Adviser Academy to help advisers improve the quality ...

APRA to focus on reinsurers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... life insurance including general management, advising on market strategies, developing corporate and computer systems, training and supervision of sales staff and financial control functions.

IPA joins Kaplan in support of ASIC adviser training stance

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013

ASIC mulls replacing adviser Training Register

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is considering replacing the ASIC Training Register for financial product advisers. In a Consultation Paper (Consultation Paper 215 Assessment and approval of training courses for financial product ...

Accountants ready to enter SMSF space, despite costs

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013

Accountants expected to flood advice space

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013

FPA outlines concerns on TASA submission to Treasury

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
More clarification over the definition of 'tax advice' and requirements for training is needed in the amendments to the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) 2009 the Financial Planning Association (FPA ) said in a submission to Treasury. FPA argued that "there ...

FPA wants schools to teach financial literacy

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... Strategy, the FPA proposed expanding financial literacy in the formal education sector as well as taking key actions such as training more teachers to teach financial literacy in schools. The FPA also said that it supported financial advisers who want ...

UBS fined $30,000 for decimal point mistake

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... fully and in agreeing not to contest the matter, had saved the regulator time and money. UBS has conducted additional training for its DTRs and updated its systems to help prevent the same thing happening again.

PIS appoints PwC as independent expert

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... compliance and the performance of its advisers. "We have undertaken a complete redesign of our compliance processes, training, recruitment and governance along with a suite of new advice tools and a series of key appointments, which are all part of our ...