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Managed accounts provider enters crowdfunding

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
... small unlisted companies to offer shares (up to $5 million) in any 12-month period while being exempted from certain disclosure requirements in the Corporations Act. It attempts to reduce the regulatory burden for small companies to raise capital, BIR ...

NAB signals more bad advice remediation

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
... announced it will expand its activities to include an industry-wide review of compliance with requirements for fee disclosure statements and renewal notices in the financial advice sector. While this is still at an early stage, the potential impact on ...

Life insurer early intervention reforms dumped

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
... more concerned about the "use of discretionary services in the life insurance industry that are outside contracts, disclosure and therefore relevant consumer protections." "While the committee has heard about such approaches being used for non-medical ...

Blue Sky LIC gets a new suitor

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
... received no communication from WAM. BLA will continue to update its shareholders in accordance with its continuous disclosure obligations," Blue Sky Alternative Investments said. On October 18, Ian Macoun's multi-boutique house said it will launch ...

AustralianSuper consortium renews bid for healthcare company

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
... assess the proposal and will keep the market informed of any material developments in accordance with its continuous disclosure requirements. Healthscope shareholders do not need to take any action in relation to the proposal at this stage. There is ...

Former Australian cricket captain in crypto fail

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
... investors. The watchdog said it has taken action to stop several proposed ICOs and has also stopped the issue of a Product Disclosure Statement for a crypto-asset managed investment scheme. Since April, ASIC has successfully stopped five separate ICOs ...

SMSFs most affordable: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
... disclosures reforms under ASIC's RG97 framework that was introduced in 2017, the report said. However, the cost disclosure reform has been mostly discredited in a report subsequently issued by ASIC in July that acknowledged it unfairly penalised ...

ASIC to review FDS compliance

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
ASIC will review financial advice fee disclosure statements and renewal notices, after licenses submitted breach reports to the extent the corporate regulator is concerned about systemic non-compliance. The FDS review will examine to what extent advice ...

ASIC delays adviser reporting deadlines

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... standards. Yesterday, ASIC said it has released a new legislative instrument that delays reporting dates on number of disclosure obligations in light of transitioning to the new financial adviser professional standards reforms. Licensees now have to ...

KKR offers $2.6b to acquire MYOB

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
... board has commenced an assessment of the proposal and will keep the market informed in accordance with its continuous disclosure requirements. The board is committed to acting in the best interests of all shareholders," the company said. "MYOB shareholders ...