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ASIC cracks down on advisers over PI insurance

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has cancelled seven Australian financial services (AFS) licenses that did not comply with professional indemnity (PI) insurance obligations. The review targeted licensees which had not requested ...

Licensee under ASIC scrutiny after employing AAA advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... of former representatives of AAA Financial Intelligence and AAA Shares after their Australian financial services (AFS) licenses were cancelled by the regulator in February 2013. ASIC identified numerous instances where financial product advice provided ...

SMSF advisers gear for referrals from accountants

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
... suggested a need for planners to start building strong relationships with accounting businesses disinterested in getting licenses to provide SMSF advice. "Our research on this sector tells us that a substantial portion of the accountant market have no ...

ASIC cancels 8 AFSLs after review

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
Eight advice businesses have had their Australian financial services (AFS) licenses cancelled after an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) review into licensees that failed to lodge audited annual statement. The review has resulted ...

Frontier market corporate governance greatly improved

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014
... public regulation as well as including conditional social improvements as part of the tendering process for commercial licenses.. Advance Emerging Capital chief executive and chief investment officer Dr. Slim Feriani, who will be in Australia in early ...

Three more MySuper licenses

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013
Three more MySuper authorisations have been issued by the superannuation regulator APRA taking the number to 81 just two months befor the 1 January MySuper start date. The new authorisations are for ANZ Staff Superannuation and Vision Super while the ...

EM correction, it's different this time

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
... systems to pricing mechansims," she said. Other measures will be reducing regulatory burdens such as lowering the number of licenses that are required to operate in Indonesia. And rather than reducing the influence of world capital markets, Damayanti ...

AMP, Bendigo and MTAA get MySuper licenses

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013
AMP, Bendigo and MTAA Super are the latest superannuation groups to receive MySuper authorisation, taking the number of MySuper products to 62 just four months from the 1 January 2014 deadline. AMP has named its two MySuper products AMP MySuper No 1 ...

Westpac and BTFG group get MySuper approval

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2013
... Colonial First State and Suncorp gaining MySuper authorisation earlier this year. There are now 57 super funds with MySuper licenses but only three retail groups being authorised is beginning to raise questions whether other major retail groups such ...

BUSSQ, Qantas, Suncorp get MySuper approval

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
Three more MySuper licenses have been granted by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) this week, bringing the total number to 41. The new authorisations are BUSSQ Super, Qantas Super and Suncorp Super. While MySuper authorisations number ...