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FEATURE: Adviser education

FINANCIAL STANDARD  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
With minimum education standards surely now set to rise in the financial planning industry, the Financial Standard team has asked experts to outline what the new rules might look like and the possible routes advisers can take. What qualities will the ...

ASIC developing regulatory guide for advice remediation

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
ASIC has announced it is developing a regulatory guide for advice remediation programs for Australian financial services licensees. The regulator has participated in numerous advice review programs for major financial advice institutions, most notably ...

ASIC takes SMSF business to court

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
ASIC has launched legal action against a company which is advertising 'free SMSF setup' online. The regulator wants financial penalties and orders to stop Superannuation Warehouse Australia (SWA) from making the claim on two of its websites: superannuationwarehouse.com.au ...

ASX managed funds services gets ASIC nod

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has cleared the most significant hurdle on the road to its 'mFund Settlement Service' - the third incarnation of AQUA II - after the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) gave it the go-ahead. ...

Industry funds ask for specialised SMSF adviser training

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2013
Industry superannuation funds associations are asking financial planners who provide self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) advice to undertake a different and more specialised training than those who advice on funds regulated by the Australian Prudential ...

Advisers to justify platform choice under best interest

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
Financial planners will have to justify platform choice under the best interest duty provision within the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulation. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has raised the issue that platform operators ...

Lonsec highlights hedge fund classification concerns

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
Investment research house Lonsec has highlighted unintended consequences of ASIC's proposed new rules affecting hedge funds, which could see investors increase the risk in their portfolios. ASIC Regulatory Guide 240, which was released in September ...

ASIC mulls replacing adviser Training Register

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is considering replacing the ASIC Training Register for financial product advisers. In a Consultation Paper (Consultation Paper 215 Assessment and approval of training courses for financial product ...

Platforms to explain choice of investment products

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Committee (ASIC) has updated its platform guidance to require platform operators to explain how they choose the products on offer to investors. The new requirements follow the last review of the sector, which ...

ASIC to accept submissions for 'hedge fund' definition

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... funds that do not exhibit the same risks to investors as 'true' hedge funds, ASIC said. The commencement of the regulatory guide 'Hedge Funds: improving disclosure' has been postponed until February 1, 2014, to allow time for submissions. The currently ...