With the design and distribution obligation regime set to begin in less than three weeks, the corporate regulator has released guidance on what is most important for fina...

The Government is seeking to make amendments to the design and distribution obligation regime including removing the requirement for advisers and licensees to report whet...

The design and distribution obligation does not consider the unnecessary and unworkable record keeping and reporting the regime places on planners, as well as unfairly pa...

Product issuers and distributors need to be careful with what incentives apply to distributors who sell products to those target customers, according to EY....

There is a raft of compliance obligations coming into place over the next few months and advisers need to ensure they have all their ducks in a row to avoid any breaches,...

Some financial advisers have expressed concern at being drawn into giving advice to inexperienced to clients on property syndicates because of the impact of Design and Di...

It will be made available as part of the firm’s investment research and analytics software, FE Analytics, in time for the deadline on 5 October, 2021....

The financial services technology company will deliver an industry-wide solution to help firms meet the upcoming design and distribution obligations which will come into ...

The introduction of design and distribution obligations this October will make it even more important for firms to have strict data management processes in place, accordi...

Superannuation funds are being subjected to more scrutiny from the corporate regulator over how they deliver insurance inside super to members at the same time as the reg...

A tick-a-box approach to the new design and distribution obligations will not do and financial services will need to get the new regime right from day one, according to t...

Implementation of the key financial products design and distribution obligations has been deferred until well into the second half of next year....

Experience in the United Kingdom suggests it may be a lot more expensive to recruit and retain senior executives under the Government’s proposed new Financial Accountabil...

The new design and distribution obligations regime could increase costs that could be passed onto consumers, according to a law firm....