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MSC Trustees receives CCIV authorisation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2022
... wholesale Corporate Collective Investment Vehicles (CCIV), becoming the first professional trustee firm to do so. The CCIV framework was effective July 1. MSC Trustees is also now the first to hold this authorisation and Singapore's similar Variable ...

Financial stability risks escalate: RBA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2022
... review said. To mitigate risk to financial stability, Australian policymakers are currently working on a regulatory framework for crypto assets.

Throw out financial services law clutter: ALRC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2022
... has grown 597 pages since the ALRC's inquiry commenced," Derrington commented. "To be fit for purpose, the legislative framework must reflect the dynamic nature of the financial services sector and its significant contribution to the Australian economy. ...

Tech providers support QAR SOA proposals

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2022
... raised this issue directly with Levy who responded that best interest requirements would remain a part of the good advice framework. "Specifically, indicating that the advice needs to reasonably benefit the client and that the advice provider has a duty ...

FPA calls for sunset on experience pathway

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2022
... our concerns the government chooses to make amendments to the education standards at this late stage of the transition framework, the FPA is concerned that simply basing an exemption on 10 years of experience over the 15 years between 2004 and 2019 doesn't ...

Research explores advice industry's maturation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2022
... professional attributes and professional progress within the financial advice sector, but Neilson's research offers a framework for identifying professional attributes and benchmarks existing positions of progress. Results derived from a sample size ...

Australia ranks 40th for crypto spend

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022
... overall economic development: high income, upper middle income, lower middle income, and low income," it said. Using that framework, it found the middle two categories dominate the top of its index. "Out of our top 20 ranked countries, 10 are lower-middle ...

NZ Super shifts $25bn to low carbon indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022
... sovereign wealth fund globally. Gilmore said the fund would be reporting on progress towards net zero annually under a framework for the New Zealand Crown Financial Institutions, as agreed with the Minister of Finance last year. The fund noted it will ...

APRA to modernise regulatory frameworks

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2022
... prudential standards for banks, insurers, and super funds. The program, which commenced last year, is intended to ensure the framework continues to underpin financial safety and stability in a rapidly changing economic and technological environment. ...

JANA announces Sustainability Advisory Council

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2022
JANA has launched a new independent advisory council that will provide guidance on sustainable investing. The JANA Sustainability Advisory Council (JSAC) aims to enhance client capabilities and broaden impact investment opportunities, with a long-term ...