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Advisers closer to professionalisation: FASEA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021
... their education or embarked on their education pathway will play a significant role in helping promote a profession that consumers can have confidence in today and into the future," he said. New entrants to the industry must complete a FASEA-approved ...

Six Park hires operations chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021
... ideal experience and skills to help Six Park scale up our business activities with partners, as well as directly with consumers. We're seeing a rapid growth of interest in our digital investment service, so Tuula will help drive how we grow to meet that ...

Crypto regulation proposed: Bragg

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021
A Senate committee is proposing a regulatory framework for digital assets and crypto-asset businesses to protect consumers, promote investment in Australia and deliver competition, but the industry has concerns. The Select Committee on Australia as ...

ASIC eyes employee super fund choice

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2021
... it is important that employers do not take steps that are inconsistent with laws designed to promote good choices by consumers about their superannuation fund. Press pointed to updated ASIC Information Sheet 89, Communicating with employees about superannuation ...

Industry mixed over FSC advice framework

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
... Advisers (AFA), The Advisers Association (TAA) and Synchron support changes that will lead to affordable advice for consumers and relieving the compliance burden for financial advisers. The FSC's latest research, White paper on financial advice, outlined ...

FSC advice reforms slash time, costs by 30%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2021
... research the White paper on financial advice. The FSC said its proposals would increase protection for up to 275,300 consumers who could be reclassified as retail clients and therefore brought into the consumer protection framework for financial advice ...

Economic recap: Week to October 8

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2021
... are adding to upward pressure on input prices, which they're now passing onto retailers that are then passed on to consumers. Voila! We now get the "flation" part of "stagflation". The JP Morgan Global PMI survey showed that both input costs and ...

Big four bank complaints drop

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2021
... resolved under six months. "This result demonstrates that AFCA is achieving its purpose in being faster and cheaper for consumers and firms compared to an alternative such as a court or tribunal," AFCA chief executive David Locke said. "We also saw that ...

Industry calls for expanded CSLR

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2021
... product providers are not required to contribute to the costs of compensation. FPA chief executive Dante De Gori said the consumers purchase financial services and products from a broad range of providers. "They deserve the same protections and access ...

Economic recap: Week to October 1

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 OCT 2021
... rally. Coal prices rocketed by 465% from its 2020 year low to the end of September this year. To produce the "widget" consumers want, factories need electricity. In this climate change-correct world, power "should" be generated through solar, wind, water ...