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Government introduces FAR, CSLR Bills

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
... is mandatory. The FAR will be jointly administered by APRA and ASIC with the regulators having powers to disqualify accountable persons and direct entities to reallocate responsibilities to address risks. Meanwhile, the CSLR aims to provide monetary ...

Diverse investment teams fare better: WTW

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
... to secure more diverse senior talent. About 80% of managers have a formal DEI strategy, while senior leadership is accountable for DEI at 83% of managers. Only 25% of firms link DEI to the remuneration of their top executives. WTW also said there is ...

Bloomberg pays US$5m in SEC charges

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2023
... instruments unit Osman Nawaz said. "This matter underscores that we will hold service providers, such as Bloomberg, accountable for misrepresentations that impact investors." Bloomberg paid the fine without admitting or denying the findings. It also ...

Cbus retirement lead jumps to AustralianSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2022
... reflection of the fund's heightened focus on the decumulation phase of superannuation. As head of retirement, he was accountable for Cbus' integrated strategy and programs to improve members' retirement outcomes, including product development ...

Government eyes crackdown on super tax concessions

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2022
... retirement," Jones said. "By having this national conversation, governments now, and into the future will be held accountable for the stewardship of our system for the next 30 years and beyond."

JANA announces Sustainability Advisory Council

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2022
... powerful tool in the transition to carbon neutrality. "More and more, investors can hold their portfolio companies accountable, to cut through the greenwashing and to affect change - a change which also results in increased financial durability and resilience ...

CSLR legislation tabled, advice sector responds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2022
... that will ensure that the directors and most senior and influential executives of financial institutions will be held accountable for their decisions and conduct which have significant flow on effects for everyday Australians and the Australian economy," ...

Ministers told to divest shareholdings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2022
... Prime Minister must be informed at once and the investment liquidated if required. Ministers will be held personally accountable for any private interests they hold, even where the management of those interests has been delegated. When it comes to family ...

Vanguard appoints head of ESG product

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2022
... doing around decarbonisation, we did need a more positive story on the work we were doing and also to hold ourselves accountable." UniSuper's actions on climate have included divesting from companies generate over 10% of their revenue from the extraction ...

What the election result means for ESG

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022
... Australian Greens and climate-focused independent 'teal' candidates, signals that governments will no longer only be held accountable by traditional metrics like growth, employment, and productivity, but also by progress against a wide range of ESG matters. ...