Proportionate liability

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Businesses (and their insurance brokers) waiting with bated breath for new model proportionate liability laws may be sorely disappointed. The basic principle of proportionate liability is that it enables responsibility

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Wholesale client tests too complex for SMSFs

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Six different ‘wholesale client’ tests and three different ‘sophisticated investor’ tests currently apply to financial services clients and deciding whether self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) trustees are wholesale or retail is

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Risky Business for Insurance Brokers

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Insurance brokers who are advising their corporate/commercial clients once a year have to pick up their act to avoid unwanted Professional Indemnity (PI) claims, according to Charmian Holmes, Solicitor Director

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The Fold: Helping Advisers Get on with FoFA Business

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As the start of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms races towards us at headlong speed, there is an upswing in the number of advisers working on changes to

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ASIC breaches: when to hold and when to fold

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Working with ASIC after a breach may be a better, quicker way for financial services business to get back on track than ‘lawyering up’, according to Dr Hillary Ray, Senior

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Asset based fees – can you charge them?

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Advisers may need to rethink how they charge for advice under the Conflicts Priority Rule in Regulatory Guide 175 (RG175) as asset-based fees have the potential to create just as

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A frank launch for The Fold website

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Can dealer groups retain volume bonuses under FOFA? Do you need to be a mind reader to figure out what ASIC wants in terms of Codes of Conduct? Can you

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