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Mayfair 101 accuses ASIC of "suspicious" conduct over FOIs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2023
... "suspicious", namely its alleged decision to reject an FOI request within six hours of receiving it, and said more transparency is needed. ASIC declined a request for comment from Financial Standard, citing ongoing legal proceedings.

Trustees to disclose more remuneration details

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023
... ceasing employment (excluding any statutory entitlements). APRA chair John Lonsdale said the changes would enhance transparency and market discipline within the financial services industry and shine a light on the impact of risk failures and bad behaviour ...

NGS ahead of schedule on net zero strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2023
... better understanding of the factors that may affect how carbon markets evolve, such as regulation, liquidity and transparency, which Squires says is required. "We could go out and buy natural capital tomorrow and be carbon neutral, but at the moment ...

Does ESG have a fiduciary issue?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2023
... will be with a wide variety of investors," Jayda Etienne of Preqin First Close said. She says higher levels of ESG transparency drive growth, and that thematic investing funds are attracting investor attention. Etienne added there will be growing sophistication ...

Lowe hands down RBA board shake up

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2023
... consistent leadership training. "We have also begun advertising more management vacancies externally, and we will increase transparency around internal opportunities for rotations," he said. "As part of this journey of cultural change, we are also reviewing ...

UK pensions tapped to strengthen local startups

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023
... of March 2025 for all LGPS funds to transfer their assets into local government pension pools and ensure greater transparency on investments. "To make sure we are delivering the maximum benefits of scale, we will invite views on barriers to achieving ...

Super fund satisfaction still poor: Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2023
... those in a default investment strategy. The key reasons for switching cited were poor returns, high fees, lack of transparency, difficult processes, and poor customer service. Meantime, 34% of members said they don't feel their fund empowers them to ...

Rising costs bite asset owners

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023
... previous decade, when low interest rates, downward pressure on management fees and improved (though still imperfect!) transparency helped considerably to reduce like-for-like costs for investors," she said. Comparing costs among asset managers proved ...

Adviser levy tripled, labelled "deeply unfair"

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2023
... those who are no longer operating or who are unlicensed." The FAAA is also concerned about the lack of clarity or transparency on what happens to the proceeds of enforcement activities. "ASIC has estimated expenditure of $18.2 million in 2022/23 on enforcement ...

Family office manager names first chief executive

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2023
... TelstraSuper chief investment officer Jim Christensen. "They're fiercely inquisitive and their philosophy of radical transparency with their clients is really refreshing to me coming from much larger institutional firms, and the multiple tiers that ...