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Super, ASIC beneficiaries of advice challenges: Hearing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
... Michael Harrison was asked by Liberal MP Jason Falinski who benefits from Australians being unable to access advice. In response, Harrison said "the biggest beneficiary seems to be ASIC because they keep on finding new ways to earn money"; a comment ...

EQT hires for trustee and wealth

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
Equity Trustees has made two appointments to its Trustee and Wealth Services (TWS) team in response to increased demand. Kate Schell has joined as an adviser in the private client team and Amanda Sartor has been appointed as a senior relationship manager ...

AFCA weeds out phony complaints

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
... service, Remediator, which charges consumers to file complaints for them and access remediation they are entitled to. In response to this issue, AFCA ran a pilot program where it assessed whether a complainant had actually incurred financial loss due ...

Advice association shutters

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021
... Alex Vagliviello. Financial Standard reached out to former representatives of the UFAA for this story but received no response.

ASIC consults on anti-hawking rules

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021
... hawking of 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 ...

ASIC prepares licensees for reference checks

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021
... 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 effect on October 1. ASIC has ...

S&P launches new ESG tilted NZ index

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021
... businesses are excluded from the index. And energy companies and casinos and gambling operators are also excluded as a response to feedback from the New Zealand market. "There have been recent changes in New Zealand that have also been driving investor ...

Relief payments confirmed for NSW

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2021
... confirmed disaster relief payments are on the way to support businesses. "The Morrison government is upgrading its national response to COVID-19 outbreaks with increased weekly payments for households and boosting business cash flow to get them through ...

Lifespan appoints compliance lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... appointment reflects the company's commitment to meet the ongoing support needs of its advice community and is a proactive response to evolving legislative requirements. "Adrian is a safe pair of hands and will be a reliable source of knowledge for our ...

KLP divests Israeli-linked settlement firms

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021
... The pension fund announced on June 5 that following failed attempts to engage with the companies, which resulted in no response, it has excluded them from its portfolio. As of June 2021, some of the companies KLP no longer holds are Alstom, Bank Hapoalim ...