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Advisers still unclear on referral rules

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority Code of Ethics which came into effect from the start of the year has left many unclear on what kind of referrals are allowed. Amid news at the start of the year that Mark Bouris' Yellow Brick Road ...

Latest FASEA exam results in

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... financial advisers across Australia have just received their results for the final Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority exam for 2019. Over 86% of the 2981 advisers who sat the exam have passed. The exam was held in eight metropolitan and ...

UK regulator fined for pension failure

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
... include sufficient information in a chair's statement to members of its staff pension plan. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has been fined £2000 by UK pension scheme authority, The Pension Regulator (TPR). A list of enforcement activities ...

Chief economist update: More from Morrison

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... did note that the 2019-2020 budget reduced funding to National Parks, the Bureau of Meteorology and the Climate Change Authority." Morrison's cash splash, and more, if required, would go a long way towards the recovery from the bushfire, even extending ...

Future of life insurance in doubt: APRA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority released its look-back at 2019, making special mention of tough times for the life insurance industry and questioning its sustainability. "Australia's life insurance sector faced deteriorating conditions ...

Powerwrap finds new line of business

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
... tech systems for the changes while the US parties are working through approvals from US's Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). The platform has $8.9 billion in assets under administration, and focuses on high-net-worth advisers. Escala accounts ...

NAB revamps superannuation trustee board

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... Investors. Beth McConnell has 30 years of experience and is an industry panel member at Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA). Karina Kwan is currently a director at WAM Active and ASX-listed regtech Kyckr. She has held senior roles at CBA ...

Latitude Financial joins banks on AFCA complaints list

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... suffering what has been deemed the biggest failed IPO of 2019. The data, published by the Australian Financial Complaints Authority, pegged the Commonwealth Bank as the most complained about financial services institution in the country, followed by ...

Sunsuper welcomes new board directors

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
... well as the assistant secretary of the Australian Services Union and the chief executive of the Trade Union Training Authority. Throughout her career she has been an advocate for gender diversity in business, formerly chairing the ACTU Women's Committee. ...

UK pension fund expands offering, climate risk policy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... pension fund modelled on the Australian superannuation system has received authorisation from the Financial Conduct Authority to operate as an Occupational Pension Scheme. It is also intensifying efforts to tackle the risks posed by climate change. Nest ...