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Aware Super beefs up sustainability team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... background in climate science, sustainability best practice and infrastructure planning, Lucchese worked for the EU Commission, the UK's Capital Markets Union and the UN Global Compact's Cities Program. Before arriving at U Ethical, she worked ...

Greenwashing remains an enforcement priority: ASIC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
The country's financial services regulator unveils its 'capacity building' plans as sustainability reporting becomes a mandatory requirement for small to large Australian businesses - but it was its passing update on greenwashing as an enforcement ...

Large penalties against super funds are appropriate: ASIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
ASIC commissioner Simone Constant told Financial Standard that many super fund trustees have taken accountability for not meeting their requirements to members, know they need to improve and accept the penalties that are brought against them. However ...

COVID 'masked' issues at core of productivity problem: PC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... record high between January 2020 and March 2022 before returning to pre-pandemic levels in June 2023, the Productivity Commission (PC) has revealed. New research from the PC investigated the causes of the bubble and found that it "only served to mask ...

ASIC tells super: 'You have everything you need to not fail'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2025
ASIC commissioner Simone Constant has told Financial Standard the regulator has super funds in its sights for more than just claims handling delays. "The main focus is on member services more generally, this is a multi-year phased project" Constant ...

QIC completes equity raise, refinancing for energy platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2025
... highly specialised, vertically integrated remote energy platform with full in-house capability to design, construct, commission and operate hybrid renewable power projects," Zwi said. "The combination of these specialised capabilities and significant ...

Count Financial class action dismissed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2025
... Financial's costs. Piper Alderman launched the proceedings on the back of Count Financial's misconduct revealed in the Royal Commission and alleged it contravened obligations owed to clients when taking commissions from product issuers or clients. Piper ...

Small construction firms drag productivity: CEDA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
Australia's laggard construction productivity and deepening housing crisis have been made worse by the small businesses that dominate the sector, the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) says. While several factors have contributed ...

AMP super class action finally hits court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
... superannuation fees is finally being heard in court, with the trial kicking off today. In 2019, following the Royal Commission, several law firms sought to commence class actions against AMP in relation to fees charged to superannuation members. Slater ...

Australian investors loyal to wealth managers - until they're not

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
... robust regulatory guardrails and the work the sector has done to build trust following the Financial Services Royal Commission has gone a long way to creating an environment where investors are less likely to be considering a shift in primary providers," ...