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UniSuper pilots' digital estate planning partnership with Safewill

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
... Legal for a $199 fee. Safewill said the platform uses encryption and privacy practices compliant with the Australian Privacy Act to protect member information, while completed Wills are reviewed by affiliated legal professionals before execution. The ...

PC recommends switch to digital financial reporting

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2025
... productivity gains worth as much as $10 billion a year. The report also looked at data protections embedded in the Privacy Act, and found they are costing business, limiting innovation, and in many cases, not providing the protections consumers expect. ...

Vision Super defends new but 'archaic' policy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
... located offshore. However, the super fund did confirm the new policy. "Vision Super is committed to complying with the Privacy Act 1988. Australian Privacy Principle (APP) 8 outlines that before disclosing personal information to an overseas recipient ...

Tranche 2 of DBFO dumps SOAs, enables 'nudges'

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... legislative requirements, but this information does not need to be provided to the client unless requested, in line with the Privacy Act 1988, " the draft legislation reads. The CAR must include the scope of the advice, the advice, reasons for the advice ...

Adviser exam yields 70% pass rate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024
... obligations under Chapter 7 of the Corporations Act, the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006, the Privacy Act 1988, and the Tax Agent Services Act 2009. Candidates must also study financial advice construction, which is the ...

Provide Capital ordered to produce documents

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023
... redactions had been made because of assertions by Provide Capital of purported compliance with confidentiality and Privacy Act obligations. The court noted that "any obligation of confidentiality" that exists concerning the specified books must cede ...

Adviser exam records 73% pass rate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2023
... obligations, including Chapter 7 of the Corporations Act, the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act, the Privacy Act and the Tax Agent Services Act; applied ethical and professional reasoning and communication (including the Code ...

Industry grapples with looming cyber threats

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2023
... future cyber-attacks," Kallenbach says. This is driven, in part, by layers of cyber-related regulation, including the Privacy Act, the Corporations Act, and the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act. Moreover, with the recent large scale data breaches ...

ASIC releases May exam pass rate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2023
... obligations, including Chapter 7 of the Corporations Act, the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act, the Privacy Act and the Tax Agent Services Act; applied ethical and professional reasoning and communication (including the Code ...

AFA slams new SOA measures

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021
... adviser and contains personal information that should not be shared with trustees. He fears the review may breach the Privacy Act and adds another layer of administration. For the regulators to make trustees review client SOAs is "confusing, and a matter ...
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