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BAS agents to expand service offering

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
The Tax Practitioners Board has registered a new legislative instrument to allow BAS agents to expand their services in relation to the superannuation guarantee charge (SGC). The instrument, Tax Agent Services (Specified BAS Services No. 2) Instrument  ...

Ombudsman demands changes for small business insolvencies

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Kate Carnell is calling for a number of measures to be put in place to protect small businesses from a 'tsunami' of insolvencies. In the latest Insolvency Practices Inquiry report ...

FASEA provides CPD relief

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2020
Following requests from financial advisers, FASEA has provided relief from compliance with its continuous professional development (CPD) requirements. FASEA will now grant advisers an extra three months to meet its 40 hour CPD requirement. "FASEA recognises ...

ASIC ends relief for advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
ASIC has announced an end date or the COVID-19 regulatory relief for financial advisers. The ASIC Corporations (Trading Suspensions Relief) Instrument 2020/355 will be repealed on 15 October 2020. "ASIC had publicly stated that these relief measures ...

BAS agents to give financial advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
A new legislative instrument aimed at helping Australians to navigate the COVID-19 stimulus measures will allow BAS agents to offer financial advice to businesses. BAS agents can now legally advise businesses about their entitlements to the new JobKeeper ...

BlackRock appoints Asia Pacific ETF head

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
BlackRock has hired from Citi to appoint a new head of iShares for Asia Pacific. Rimmo Jolly is currently Citi's regional head of ETF and index sales and business development for Asia Pacific and Japan. In his new role, Jolly will be tasked with growing ...

ISA slams ANU research as SG debate rears its head again

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
The peak body for industry superannuation has forcefully rebuked new research from the Australian National University which questions raising the superannuation guarantee to 12% as scheduled. Industry Super Australia has launched a scathing attack on ...

ASIC bans direct life cold calling

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
... The change has been brought to effect through ASIC's modification power in the Corporations Act, with a new legal instrument - ASIC Corporations (Hawking-Life Risk Insurance and Consumer Credit Insurance) Instrument 2019/839 - to prohibit unsolicited ...

Update on FASEA code guidance on the way

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority chief executive Stephen Glenfield has confirmed more guidance on the contested Code of Ethics is imminent. Speaking to Financial Standard at the FPA Professionals Congress, Glenfield confirmed FASEA is ...

Super fund PDSs to include single cost of product figure

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
ASIC has updated its guidance to superannuation funds and issuers of managed investment products on fees and cost disclosure, with a suite of new requirements set to apply from late-2020. The corporate regulator released an updated version of Regulatory ...