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FoFA end marks start of new advice era

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... "taking advice to the next stage." The next challenges include implementing the recommendations of the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) inquiry into education and professional standards. One of the most relevant measures is the creation of a new independent ...

Medcraft defends ASIC record

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... said the regulator is "effective and efficient within the resources we have" in a speech to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services. He welcomed the Government's upcoming capability review, saying it is consistent with ...

Asteron discusses alternative commission structure

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... that level. The model forms part of Asteron Life's submission to the federal government for the parliamentary joint committee on lifting professional, ethical and education standards in the financial services industry. Vilo reportedly said Asteron has ...

FEATURE: Adviser education

FINANCIAL STANDARD  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... benchmark for the professional standards of financial advisers. In its latest submission to the federal Parliamentary Joint Committee on lifting professional, ethical and education standards in the financial services industry, Finsia called for the introduction ...

ISA and AIST want changes to professionalism model

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2015
... professional and ethical standards in the financial services industry. In their joint submission to a Parliamentary Joint Committee on the issue, both ISA and AIST believe work on increasing education standards should be separated from the development ...

Bank results underpin wealth management new era

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... number of major reviews and inquiries into their culture and behaviour in the past. At the moment, a Parliamentary Joint Committee into financial advice, the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) and the Trowbridge report into risk advice are raising questions ...

Banking and super groups back parliamentary recommendations

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... professional, ethical and education standards in the financial services industry. Public responses to a Parliamentary Joint Committee on the issue were due recently and Australian Bankers' Association chief executive, Steve Munchenberg, said the industry ...

ASIC takes SMSF business to court

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... to the growth in SMSFs, the increase by SMSFs in geared investment strategies and following the Parliamentary Joint Committee inquiry into the collapse of Trio, ASIC established an SMSF Taskforce in 2012. "The Taskforce meets regularly to examine high-risk ...

Frydenberg to decide on advice standards in June

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... Treasurer before next Thursday. "We had a broad conversation covering all of the key issues in the Parliamentary Joint Committee report," Anderson confirmed. "From our point of view, we want to make sure that there are sensible transition arrangements ...

Industry meets behind closed doors to fix advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... education standards for financial advisers. The roundtable is the first of three and will focus on the Parliamentary Joint Committee report, following the inquiry into advice standards, the Assistant Treasurer's office confirmed to Financial Standard. ...