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Financial literacy critical to European retirement

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... great direction and consistency in this [ESG] field." Greco added there's also going to be an addition in the MiFID II regulation requiring sustainability to be part of every suitability conversation with clients, "which would bring these ESG issues ...

CFA Institute asks FASEA to recognise charterholders

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... coming down to Australia five or six years ago when the FoFA legislation was new and talking to ASIC at that time about regulation and credentialing," he said. Smith added he was "amazed" at how low the bar was set for credentialing and educational qualifications ...

Chi-x opens up access to tech darling Apple

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
... receipts Chris Bagley said: "TraCRs are classified as a domestic equity market product and are subject to Australian regulation. Settlement will occur through CHESS and all distributions will be paid in Australian Dollars. We believe TraCRs present a ...

Millennial money changes course after RC

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... to fill the gap and provide advice in new innovative ways. "We're seeing the games in Canberra [leadership spills, regulation] having a real affect, with 58% of millennials either saving more or spending less as confidence in politics shrinks," Lucas ...

Government to relax super work test

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... Government said. This is provided the individual satisfied the work test in the previous financial year. Should the proposed regulation take place on 1 July 2019, individuals aged 65 to 74 years with total superannuation balances below $300,000 can also ...

Zurich helps advisers quantify cost of care

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 OCT 2018
... deliver will help clients understand why they are paying a certain amount for premiums every month. Given the changes in regulation and technology, maintaining a sustainable insurance business in the future won't be a "walk in the park." Advisers ...

FSU, FSC respond to interim report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... serving their customers were under extraordinary pressure to sell, sell, sell." The FSU said better governance, better regulation and better culture are the three major changes needed to clean up the sector. Self-regulation has failed in the sector with ...

Advice industry in hot water

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... adviser. The prevalence of misconduct and its persistence over the years requires consideration of the issues of culture, regulation and structure, he said. On the topic of vertical integration, Hayne said such a model promises the virtue of efficiency ...

Labor proposes RC implementation task force

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... wanted to give the banks a $17 billion tax cut," she said. Won't cause credit crunch Plibersek denied that the regulation likely to come out of the RC's final findings could tighten credit availability. "I think this is the response that gets ...

ASIC extends relief to foreign financial services firms

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
... services to wholesale clients. The first is "sufficient equivalence," whereby ASIC assess if the foreign firm's overseas regulation achieves a similar regulatory outcomes as the Australian regulatory system. The other is limited "connection relief," ...