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APRA buys into lapse/churn debate but points to particular problems with respect to directly-marketed products....
Funds management
As part of its ongoing review of the sector, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released updated regulatory guidance for operators of registe...
Financial planning
Industry Super Network (ISN) has claimed that high frequency trading (HFT) is creating a stock market that caters to speed and not capital allocation - and costs long-ter...
Financial planning
FPA points to lack of regulatory information as reason for planner unpreparedness for FOFA. ...
Life/Risk
The Federal Opposition says that so far as churn exists in the life/risk sector it should be subject to a self-regulatory approach....
Financial planning
The CFP designation is gaining kudos worldwide and in Australia as demand for provable expertise and integrity grows, according to Financial Planning Association CEO Mark...
Financial planning
Merrill Lynch Equities (Australia) has been fined $120,000 by the Markets Disciplinary Panel (MDP) for not ensuring that it had in place organisational and technical reso...
Funds management
ASIC consultation brings ASX platform a step closer but narrows its focus....
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has successfully overturned a Federal Court decision to dismiss an application by the regulator in relation to...
Superannuation
Corporate super advisers will need to team up with super fund administrators to ensure a continuation of their revenue stream as a result of the combined effects of the F...
Financial planning
AFA chief executive Brad Fox says the AFA will re-engage with the FSC around churn but that the major insurers must also ante up....
Life/Risk
Letter from Shorten and consultation with ASIC prompts FSC to reopen moves for self-regulation around churn. ...
Life/Risk
ASIC will spend the next 12 months focusing intensely on churn, according to the senior executive leader of the financial advisers team, Joanna Bird. ...
Superannuation
An ASFA submission has confirmed the degree to which super funds are evolving to meet the retail market....
Financial planning
ASIC has reached a $1.1 million out of court settlement with BOQ, Senrac and Macquarie Bank in a high-profile Storm Financial case....
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