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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 ...

Regulatory, legal exam questions trip up advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... candidates. The exam's testing of advice documentation requirements, the difference between personal and general advice, the Privacy Act and Anti-money Laundering Act were among the areas where advisers were most likely to underperform. Understanding ...

FASEA exam results spark debate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
... assume (having not done it) that it will be a lot more in depth than the exam - which covered ethics, corporations law, privacy act and anti-money laundering requirements - could be," she said.
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