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Fiducian looks to gain from change

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... to grow funds under advice organically and through strategic acquisitions of financial planning businesses. It said regulation and change in industry dynamics may lead to enhanced opportunities to acquire new businesses. Additionally, Fiducian said it ...

Retail super offerings in successor fund transfer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020
... YourChoice Super. Notifying members of the various plans, Diversa said it has been working with the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) to ensure they funds have sufficient scale. "There have been a number of regulatory changes to superannuation ...

Chief economist update: Europe, we have a problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2020
Just as Victorian Premier Dan Andrews toasted each and every Victorian with caramel-iced doughnuts and a top-shelf bottle of Starward whiskey to celebrate the end of Melbourne's lockdown, European governments -- one after the other -- have been ...

DDO top of ASIC's agenda

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2020
... distribution obligations, which now commence on October 5 next year, represent a step-change in financial services regulation, placing greater responsibility on issuers and distributors of financial products to appropriately design and distribute their ...

Calls to axe TPB for financial advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... advisers, as recommended by the Royal Commission, could be yet another agency that advisers had to fund which duplicates regulation. "The single disciplinary body should have primary responsibility for government oversight of the conduct of financial ...

QInsure ramps up claims technology

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020
... Fraser said: "We will be working closely with FINEOS under this heads of agreement to ensure APRA (Australian Prudential Regulation Authority) is supportive of our approach." Fraser commented that the partnership continues to grow and that the super ...

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank overstates liquidity

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has imposed an independent review into Bendigo and Adelaide Bank's liquidity after it failed to comply with liquidity standards. Bendigo and Adelaide Bank informed APRA last month of breaches to ...

Cost of advice soars as red tape grows

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
... ourselves to a future in which only the wealthy can afford to access financial advice," De Gori said. The FPA said the regulation of financial advice has become increasingly complex and costly, leading to many advice practices struggling to remain commercially ...

LaSalle joins 2050 club

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
LaSalle Investment Management is the most recent company to pledge to go carbon neutral by 2050, following in the footsteps of many super funds and investment firms. LaSalle said it has been working across its managed portfolio to improve the sustainability ...

RIAA, AXA IM launch adviser ESG guide

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... O'Connor said the guide can assist advisers in strengthening their knowledge to provide the best advice to clients. "The regulation of advice is also catching up. The new FASEA Code of Ethics requires advisers to consider the broader long-term interests ...