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CBA commits to bond-structured climate change solutions

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2017
... bank over its alleged failure to consider climate change as a "material business risk." The claim alleges that by not disclosing the risks climate change poses to its business, the bank failed to give a true and fair view of its financial position and ...

Super funds on notice over disclosure deadline

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2017
... the regulator said. Following the release of Report 398 in November 2015, ASIC issued updated Regulatory Guide 97 - Disclosing fees and costs in PDSs and periodic statements to bring greater consistency and transparency to fees reporting. These changes ...

ASIC spots forex breaches at ANZ and Westpac

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... address or prevent inappropriate conduct in said businesses. Misconduct at Westpac identified by ASIC included employees disclosing confidential information regarding pending client orders to external traders; receiving confidential information about ...

Confusion reigns in super and life insurance: CHOICE

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
... basis, life insurance is not included in these dashboards." The group said that there would be significant value in disclosing key terms and fees for default levels of life insurance via product dashboards. "This would save consumers the time and effort ...

False information undermining ASIC integrity

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... likely to meet its licence obligations. Recent examples include a nominated responsible manager for a credit licence not disclosing they had been bankrupt or been a director of an entity which was in liquidation. Another nominated responsible manager ...

AMP Capital senior manager joins CFS

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... assess ESG risks and opportunities, while also providing transparency on how its manages ESG considerations, and to disclosing the progress made on these initiatives," the spokesperson said. Colonial First State head of investments Scott Tully said ...

Responsible investment plagues super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
... such as low carbon tilts), as well as impact investing (7 funds). Transparency is also growing, with 44% of funds (22) disclosing annually on their responsible investment activities. Furthermore, 10% of funds have already implemented full portfolio holdings ...

ASIC bans deceptive adviser

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
... Protect Ensure and as a result creating a direct conflict of interest Failed to act in his clients' best interests by not disclosing this conflict of interest Failed to act in his clients' best interest by ignoring their circumstances, objectives, financial ...

Court blocks IOOF class action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
... its proposed class action against IOOF on behalf of any person; assisting any other person in doing so; and using or disclosing confidential IOOF documents to any person. Earlier this month the court ordered Maurice Blackburn's litigation funder, Harbour ...

NZ Super tackles climate change

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... (GRI) launching the world's first global standards for sustainability reporting, giving companies a common language for disclosing non-financial information. GRI said the standards will enable companies around the world to be more transparent about their ...