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Asendium partners with regtech

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
... firms, and consumers." Fourth Line was established in 2019 in conjunction with law firm Mills Oakley in response to the Hayne Royal Commission. It currently works with licensees such as Interprac, GPS Wealth and Wealth Today. Fourth Line chief executive ...

Single disciplinary body consultation opens

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2021
... regulations will come into force on 1 January 2022, subject to the passage of legislation. The Financial Sector Reform (Hayne Royal Commission Response - Better Advice) Bill 2021 (Better Advice Bill) was introduced in parliament on June 24. It passed ...

Investors lose in viral stock picks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021
... halving in size by 2023, while quality advice becomes too expensive for many in the wake of new restrictions imposed after the Hayne Royal Commission." He added that because of this shift, more money than ever seems to be invested by unadvised and inexperienced ...

EQT partners with ETF specialist

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
Equity Trustees has partnered with an exchange-traded fund manager to launch a global equity strategy. Eight Bays Investment Management has helped launch the EQT Eight Bays Global Fund, which invests in ETFs listed in global stock exchanges aiming to ...

RI Advice failed oversight obligations: Court

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
... when it was owned by ANZ Banking Group. RI Advice is now owned by IOOF Holdings. The case was under the spotlight at the Hayne Royal Commission. ASIC commenced proceedings against RI Advice and Doyle in October 2019, seeking declarations of contravention ...

Broken advice industry shuns everyday Aussies: AFA

KARREN VERGARA, ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021
... burden means that they are spending less time now with their clients," Nowak said. Significant legislative reforms since the Hayne Royal Commission have driven up the costs of running a practice, this includes ASIC's growing industry funding levy ...

AMP shakes up advice service model

KARREN VERGARA, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
... no charges should be brought against the AMP group. AMP's BOLR measures have been under close scrutiny since the 2018 Hayne Royal Commission. In an early hearing, senior counsel assisting Rowena Orr highlighted instances in which service fees were ...

ASIC consults on anti-hawking rules

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021
... financial products. Anti-hawking reforms are slated for an October 5 start. They are a part of the government's response to the Hayne Royal Commission, which said hawking meant Australians were getting sold financial products they did not need or want. ...

ASIC prepares licensees for reference checks

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021
... suspending or cancelling a licence or imposing licence conditions. The new rules are covered by the Financial Sector Reform (Hayne Royal Commission Response) Act 2020 and ASIC' Reference checking and information sharing protocol, which both take ...

FAR draft legislation released

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
... extends the Banking Executive Accountability Regime (BEAR) which has applied to banks since July 2018. In February 2019, the Hayne Royal Commission recommended extending BEAR to include APRA-regulated entities including superannuation funds and insurers ...