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FAAA to consult with Treasury over CSLR 'unintended consequences'
While the minister has remained relatively mute on the obvious issues with the CSLR, he will at least allow the association to discuss the scheme's flaws with...
The FAAA's 'Angry Anderson' sounds off on Dixon Advisory drama
Appropriately enough, it took a regulatory breakdown to finally ruffle the policy chief's feathers. In the first of a series of whitepapers aimed at collating...
Time's up on sloppy FAR record keeping: ASIC
Licensees were given a month to clean up the information they provided to ASIC about adviser qualifications and training. That time is up, and enforcement...
CFD market 'active' again after ASIC crackdown
Contracts for difference are sophisticated investment tools that can magnify both gains and losses, which is why the regulator
'This can't be left here': FAAA calls for public inquiry into Dixons
There are several aspects to the treatment of the case that don't add up, the association's policy lead says, and a transparent public inquiry is more than...
Advisers slugged with $2,878 levy as industry gets behind funding model reform
The government now has two internal reports recommending an overhaul of the industry funding model. Yet they appear destined to sit on the shelf "gathering...
Two tweaks to DBFO bill set industry at ease on super in advice rule changes
The government addressed perceived ambiguity around advice fee deduction from member accounts by pulling out two statements from the bill that essentially...
Advice group United Global Capital's assets frozen amid ASIC investigation
The freeze order isn't UGC's first engagement with the regulator. It was among the first to be pinged for not meeting the Design and Distribution Obligations...
Proposed financial abuse hub to help advisers identify and manage cases
Advisers are uniquely positioned to identify and alleviate financial abuse cases, but they need support and an action framework according to the association.
Confusion reigns as government hedges its bets on advice in super
The government's line on its proposed changes to advice in super is incongruous with the actual changes. You can't re-do the language embedded in the SIS Act...
'It's bittersweet': CSLR head explains the challenge of punishing and promoting advice
Just how thin the line that Berry walks becomes clear when he outlines the two paradoxical objectives of the CSLR. He has to highlight the worst in financial...