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Updated fee and cost disclosure - transition period extended
ASIC has today announced that superannuation fund trustees and responsible entities will have until 1 October 2017 to comply with the updated fee and cost disclosure rules for PDSs set out in ASIC Regulatory Guide 97 and ASIC Class Order 141252 - but only if they comply with certain conditions ...
ASIC announces fintech licensing exemptions
As part of its implementation of the regulatory sandbox for fintech companies ASIC is providing relief for certain fintech businesses from the obligation to hold an Australian financial services or Australian credit licence Relief may be available for up to 12 months and may be useful to businesses ...
Successor Fund Transfers - all aboard!
APRA yesterday released a draft guide on transferring a member's benefit from one superannuation fund to another without their consent. The interpretation adopted provides minimal protection to superannuation fund members. ...
The Public-Private Partnership Law Review
Partners David Donnelly and Nicholas Ng examine public-private partnerships PPPs in Australia including the year in review the general framework bidding and award procedures recent decisions and the outlook for 2015 ...
Practical pitfalls and the sacrosanct limitation of liability clause
Commercial trusts could not operate without limitation of liability clauses however getting a limitation of liability clause just right is very challenging ...
Vietnam's new regulations on corporate governance for public companies
A decree that aims to improve the corporate governance regime for public companies in Vietnam has been issued and comes into effect August 2017 Our team reports on the key changes ...
ASIC's report on member experience of superannuation - ASIC continues to set a high bar
ASIC Report 529 Member experience of superannuation released just a day before the Productivity Commission officially sets its sights on assessing the state of the superannuation system serves as a timely reminder of the ever-increasing expectations of the conduct and disclosure practices of ...
Reporting significant breaches - or something that may (or may not) be a breach?
The Taskforce established by Treasury to consider ASICs enforcement powers released its first consultation paper a few weeks ago on breach reporting We examine the most significant of the Taskforces 12 preliminary positions ...
Lessons from Singapore's new collective investment vehicle
This Insight examines the lessons from Singapore's new collective investment vehicle ...
ASIC's report on financial advice
ASIC has recently released a report about its work with the big four banks and AMP on adviser misconduct The report is essentially an update on the progress of ASICs Wealth Management Project and mostly contains information we already know The most interesting part deals with the results of ASICs ...