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ASIC boosts AFSL application requirements

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
ASIC has altered the procedure it uses to assess Australian Financial Services Licence applicants, with many now required to provide more historic information to the corporate regulator. ASIC released information sheet 240 to help guide for AFSLs affected ...

Open banking reforms a boon for fintech

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
... first bank to make a formal announcement, embracing the start of open banking and voluntarily sharing some data via an application programming interface (API) for the first time. Westpac chief data and strategy officer Jamie Twiss assured customers that ...

APRA warns trustees on PYSP deadline breach

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... to inform the prudential regulator straight away. A trustee that breaches the PYSP legislation at the product level application or the fixed-term insurance issue must provide details of how it intends to apply the law. If a significant breach has occurred ...

FASEA approves association designations

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
... Practitioner in or after 2013 will receive two credits for recognition of prior learning. This is in line with the application submitted by the AFA to FASEA. Advisers who completed the SMSFA's SMSF Specialist Adviser designation on or after 2005 will ...

MetLife, AFA call for more diversity in advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
MetLife and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) launched the MetLife Progress: Professional Development Grant for Women. MetLife Progress is aimed at creating greater gender diversity in the financial advice industry by helping women achieve ...

Future Fund backs tech startup

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2019
Australia's $154 billion sovereign wealth fund has invested in a technology company looking to deploy its products in the industrial sector. California's Everactive raised $30 million in a recent funding round, of which Future Fund was the lead ...

APRA tighten reins on super fund acquisitions

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2019
... obligations under the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993. The interested buyer must complete a change of control application form, answering questions that include its motivation for acquiring the stake. Applicants must also complete a fit ...

Self-licensing trend boosts ClearView offering

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2019
... adviser training - including development, onboarding and induction. LaVista also assists businesses with the AFSL application process. Pope added: "Managing your own AFSL shouldn't mean less time with your clients. We are helping advisers manage day-to-day ...

Approved diplomas, bridging courses confirmed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority announced the first raft of current and historical graduate diplomas and bridging courses to be approved by the body. The diplomas and bridging courses approved, from select higher education providers ...

Frat house ponzi scheme charged

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
A ponzi scheme run by a 22-year old out of a college fraternity house in the United States has copped the regulator's ire. Syed Arhan Arbab collected more than $269,000 from at least eight college students, recent graduates, or their family members ...