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Adviser disciplinary regime has holes: AFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... operates at both the licensee and adviser level, saying such a change would require a fundamental overhaul of the Corporations Act. "This would seem to add duplication with limited benefit. Over the longer term it is possible that the option of individual ...

Baby boomers receive $259 million, pension work bonus lifted

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
Working baby boomers who also receive age pensions will now be able to earn up to $300 a fortnight before the Government starts to trim their pension payments. The 2018 Budget initiative formed part of Treasurer Scott Morrison's $258.6 million baby ...

ASIC drags NSW adviser to court

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... years. ASIC is seeking orders to restrain Miller from providing financial services, to disqualify him from managing corporations and to prevent him from dealing with assets or investor funds. The regulator also wants the court to wind up the three companies ...

Unlicensed SMSF advice not systemic: ASIC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
... their clients over the acquisition or disposal of SMSF interests. After the accountant exemption was removed from the Corporations Regulations in July 2016, accountants who wish to provide financial product advice either must hold an Australian financial ...

ASIC tightens grip on ICO issuers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... unnamed ICO offer was set up as an unregulated managed investment scheme that breached provision of provisions of the Corporations Act. The ICO offeror would have copped serious penalties under the Act if the offer had proceeded, ASIC said. On 19 April ...

Pension funds must recognise stewardship licence: WTW

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... stewardship. "GPIF has made such a difference to the Japanese corporate scene by using its portfolio to have an impact on corporations in Japan - particularly on diversity but other subjects as well including climate change," Urwin said. Urwin's view ...

AMP becomes class action target

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... class actions expert Jan Saddler said the firm is "of the view that AMP has breached a number of provisions of the Corporations Act and ASX Listing Rules." "AMP executives gave evidence at the Royal Commission that their conduct fell far short of the ...

Nick Bolton back on ASIC radar

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... regulator seeking to extend Bolton's ban on the basis that he may have breached section 206A(1)(a), (b) and/or (c) of the Corporations Act. Under Section 206A, a person who is disqualified from acting as a company director commits and offence if: They ...

Dover roasted for 'Orwellian' protection policy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... held responsible for any action of an adviser that is not within the authority provided by the licensee under the Corporations Act. Such actions would include failing to adequately research a recommended financial product; failure to consider a client's ...

Royal Commission invite refused by Dover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... interesting, because they're assessing the work with reference to whether it satisfies the rules in 961b(1) [of the Corporations Act]," McMaster replied. McMaster said he believed lawyers were qualified to do so, particularly if they are also financial ...