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AMP chair faces shareholder ire

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
... we can take a leadership position in this and we are working with the regulators and government to have the necessary framework to build a sustainable advice business," he said. The group will announce a rebrand by the end of the year. The proposed Private ...

Disability income faces reckoning

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
... together and provide a solution by the end of the year - or else face another scenario similar to the Life Insurance Framework. "The Life Insurance Framework came about because the industry could not commit to unified action when we were being told by ...

Morningstar executive joins JANA

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2021
Morningstar's former director of risk management in Asia Pacific has been appointed as a consultant in JANA's operational consulting team. Eleanor Cheng has over 15 years' experience in operational risk management and prior to joining Morningstar was ...

APRA releases draft climate change guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
Financial risks of climate change can interact and compound other institutional risks including credit risk, market risk, and liquidity risk, APRA has emphasised in a new practice guide. APRA has released a draft guide for Prudential Practice Guide ...

Commissions likely to stay: Hume

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
... products, acknowledging that financial advisers' bottom line has struggled since the introduction of the Life Insurance Framework reforms. While the government's priority is to align financial advisers' professionalism and remuneration structures ...

ASIC opens breach reporting consultation

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
... chair Karen Chester said. "Breach reporting is a core component of Australia's financial services and credit regulatory framework. The reforms will better position us to act decisively to disrupt misconduct and escalating harms and identify patterns ...

Life industry to launch framework

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
The life insurance industry is developing a Professional Standards Framework for all claims and underwriting professionals, with support from the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance (ANZIIF). The framework is being developed ...

Government merges advice reviews

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
The federal government will fold the 2022 Life Insurance Framework Review into the Quality of Advice Review, taking over the responsibilities from ASIC. The Quality of Advice Review will consider the LIF Review as part of its wider mandate, Minister ...

Government opens consultation on key advice reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2021
... the authorised adviser, they will face discipline by both ASIC and the FSCP. "These reforms simplify the regulatory framework governing the provision of financial advice by streamlining the number of bodies involved in the oversight of financial advisers ...

Multi-boutique launches farmland fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
... capital growth of the underlying assets," Warakirri said. "The fund will utilise Warakirri's Sustainable Best Practice framework, including strategies to reduce energy use and carbon emissions and improve water efficiency and biodiversity." Portfolio ...