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Policy & Regulation

UBS Securities has been slapped with a $120,000 penalty by the regulator’s Markets Disciplinary Panel after it had reasonable grounds to believe that UBS contravened mark...

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People & Products

Sydney-based RegTech company, TIQK, has partnered with Practifi, a business management platform for financial advice, to offer a new compliance solution. ...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has cancelled the AFS licence of Austplan, effective from 25 November....

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Policy & Regulation

SEEK data has shown that the Royal Commission has led to a direct increase in compliance and risk roles being mandated by clients across all sub-segments of the financial...

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Life/Risk

Allianz attempted to either change or kill two separate independent reports into its compliance procedures that were unfavourable to the insurer’s processes, the Royal Co...

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Life/Risk

The Royal Commission has heard that Allianz is checking past compliance issues to see if they should have been reported to a regulator, in addition to its approximately 1...

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People & Products

IRESS has integrated its data and analytics solution with XPLAN in response to fee-for-no-service concerns raised by the Banking Royal Commission. ...

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Policy & Regulation

The regulator said it has completed a compliance review and remediation program, and removed additional licence conditions, for Total Financial Solutions Australia....

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has suggested naming and shaming to ensure compliance with the code of conduct applying to insurance within superannuation....

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Financial planning

There is too much focus on the engagement piece rather than compliance when it comes to financial services firms embracing the digital advice path, Decimal believes....

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Features

Laura Sullivan and Grant Holley compile seven lessons that will ensure financial firms comply with financial services laws....

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Financial planning

Regtech has the potential to flag risk content in, say, statements of advice before it’s delivered to clients while an education piece could be attached for self-correcti...

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Superannuation

SMSF members in the pension phase need to ensure they have met their minimum pension payments by 30 June, the SMSF Association warns....

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Policy & Regulation

Regulatory and technological developments could aid in better detecting and responding to misconduct, according to Greg Medcraft....

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Policy & Regulation

Union wants whistle-blowing laws to be extended to management conduct, practices, and behaviours....

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