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Funds management
ASIC is looking to make examples of firms when it comes to greenwashing and taking a forthright position when asking them for changes, according to two lawyers who have d...
Expert Analysis
A move to regulate the Buy Now Pay Later space could have wide-ranging implications and change the investment case for holding the providers in portfolios, writes Ursula ...
Expert Analysis
With the recent spate of data breaches now extending to the financial services industry, AFSLs are racing to ensure that their information management procedures are up to...
People & Products
Law firm K&L Gates has appointed a partner for its asset management and investment fund practice. ...
Policy & Regulation
A former tax partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers has been de-registered as a tax agent for integrity breaches after disclosing details of confidential law reforms....
People & Products
Justice Sarah Derrington, who led the Australian Law Reform Commission’s review into financial services legislation, is to depart after five years. ...
Financial planning
There has never been a better time to pursue a career in advice as consumer demand is rising, according to 2022 FPA University Student of the Year winner, Matthew Kanizay...
Financial planning
The Financial Services Council has warned it would be unwise for ASIC to be given greater powers in creating financial services legislation and any steps towards this sho...
Policy & Regulation
With two days left to submit responses to the ALRC Review, the Corporations Act has been likened to a “disordered share house” that requires re-design and a deep clean. ...
Financial planning
A specialist cybersecurity lawyer has shared six tips for advisers to mitigate the risk of attacks, following evolving updates from the Optus and Medibank data breaches. ...
Financial planning
Lawyers have recommended proposed scenarios under the Quality of Advice Review be stress-tested pre-implementation to ascertain possible adverse consumer outcomes. ...
Financial planning
The Australian financial advice industry needs to demonstrate to overseas insurers that it has improved as firms are expressing concern about insuring advisers or large d...
People & Products
Justice Sarah Derrington, president of the Australian Law Reform Commission, has been recognised as a Member of the Order of Australia in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Hon...
Policy & Regulation
The Federal Government has been accused of extraordinary and undemocratic legislative over-reach by trying to gain control of how superannuation funds invest on behalf of...
Policy & Regulation
Financial services firms appear to have been urged not to expect too much from the Australian Law Reform Commission’s review of financial services legislation and regulat...
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...