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Retirement income paper open for consultation

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
Treasury has laid out principles for its proposed retirement income covenant and is inviting stakeholders to submit consultation for the next four weeks. Here are key takeaways from it. The paper's primary suggestion - as expected -- is that all ...

ASIC cancels Melbourne firm's AFSL

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services (AFS) licence of a Melbourne-based advice firm, which was among a trio of companies that copped a $7.2 million fine from the corporate regulator in February. ASIC took Wealth & Risk Management Pty ...

ASIC consults on advice code monitoring bodies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2018
... (FASEA) will be enforced by ASIC-approved compliance schemes. ASIC has proposed that the Corporations Act be reformed to require AFS licensees and authorised representatives to provide information to all code monitoring bodies to enable effective and ...

Unlicensed SMSF advice not systemic: ASIC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
... corporations regulations was removed. Further, the regulator found that websites of accountants often did not include relevant AFS licence details. ASIC added that it would continue to investigate five accountants whose services were of a concern to ...

Adviser regulation lacking a professional body, RC hears

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
The Association of Financial Advisers decided to retain two financial advisers as members despite them receiving official banning orders from ASIC because the association didn't want to tarnish its reputation and engage in a legal battle. AFA chief ...

Royal Commission grills professional associations

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
The Royal Commission scrutinised the shortcomings of professional associations' ability to protect clients against inappropriate financial advice and the lack of urgency in resolving complaints. The Commission recommenced with Financial Planning Association ...

Lonsec names group chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
Lonsec has appointed a new group chief executive and a director to assist the research firm's continued growth trajectory. Charlie Haynes will lead the research firm as chief executive. He brings more than 30 years' experience having worked for global ...

ASIC lifts licence conditions on CountPlus subsidiary

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
ASIC has lifted the licence conditions it imposed on a CountPlus subsidiary after it paid $2.5 million in remediation to its clients following a compliance issue in 2015. In September, 2015 ASIC placed additional licence conditions on Total Financial ...

Life insurer profitably improving: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
Life insurers ended 2017 on a positive note, reporting solid investment revenue performance and an improvement in profitability. APRA's latest statistics in the 12 months to December 2017 show the life insurance industry recorded total revenue of $36.2 ...

Former Millennium 3 adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
A former Millennium 3 and Lonsdale Financial Group financial adviser was banned for seven years for personally using client funds. Glenn William Connor was banned by ASIC after it found that he had used clients' assets as security for a margin loan ...