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Advice group convicted of hawking

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2023
National Advice Solutions was convicted in a Queensland court for cold-calling consumers and trying to convince them to switch their super fund, copping a $70,000 fine. National Advice Solutions' AFSL was cancelled in December and its two responsible ...

Victim access to super should be extended: Associations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2023
... abuse to access compensation by way of their offender's superannuation savings if other orders are not met but believe "the scope of the policy should be broadened to cover victims and survivors of other heinous crimes." They said this is because, once ...

Praemium extends partnership with largest client

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2023
... reporting." "We believe the new services agreement provides out client base with the best platform service in the market with scope to further improve through the strategic partnership with Powerwrap."

Put controls in place for super funds: Associations

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
... the member and or client. The review chair explained the objective is to give super funds greater confidence around the scope of advice while encouraging fund trustees to decide how to allocate the cost of providing it. "The recommendations in this Report ...

Treasury releases Quality of Advice Review final report

CASSANDRA BALDINI, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023
... advice to a retail client must provide them with good advice. This means the advice must be fit for purpose in regards to the scope, content and nature, and the likely relevant circumstances. The advice must also be given in response to a request, question ...

Sustainability reporting, biodiversity, social high on ASX agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2023
... will become mandatory," Wynter said. "Some of the ones that are definitely up and coming include disclosure not just around Scope 1 and 2 emissions, but Scope 3 as well. Stakeholders will also ask companies to report more broadly when it comes to climate ...

Former adviser sees ban reduced

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2023
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) reduced the period and scope of the ban imposed on former financial adviser Ashok Sherwal. Sherwal, who was an authorised representative of six different licensees over the past seven years, was originally banned ...

Pathzero completes Series A fundraising round

ELIZABETH FRY  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2022
... Prins. "This interest reflects the critical need for technology that enables collaboration between businesses to solve the Scope 3 challenge at scale. The game changer for us has been to go beyond carbon accounting and create a carbon information network ...

Code of Ethics must be fixed: Phil Anderson

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2022
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive Phil Anderson said the Code of Ethics for financial advisers was not backed by industry during its 2019 implementation and remains the case now. The Code of Ethics, developed by the now dissolved ...

Super fund board renewals need work: APRA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2022
APRA deputy chair Margaret Cole says there is "material scope" for improvement in super fund board renewal strategies. In a speech to the AIST Chairs Forum, Cole outlined the regulator's expectation of trustee boards, saying the issue of board governance ...