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Federal Budget delivers nothing on climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2022
... the reef, $170 million for threatened species and habitat restoration and $192 million investment in environmental regulations reforms, is welcomed. UNCGNA also said that the government's focus on microgrids to support regional and remote communities ...

Digital economy regulation consultation opens

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2022
... alone could contribute more than $20 trillion to the global economy by 2030. Hume said it's important that outdated regulations don't see Australia miss out on the benefits of innovation. "AI will continue to bolster other digital technologies and elevate ...

Global alliance calls for BNPL regulations

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022
CHOICE has joined consumer groups from around the world in calling for urgent action on buy now, pay later credit providers. The global statement released by Consumers International is supported by 11 consumer organisations from nine countries. It comes ...

Super mergers only beginning: J.P. Morgan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2022
... Reilly suggested, in response to the survey, that we are likely to see more advertising from super funds. "The new regulations will almost certainly result in more advertising, not less, and this will clearly be in their members' best interest. Because ...

FPA pushes for advice law simplification

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022
Heavy-handed regulations puts financial advisers at significant risk of breaching the law, according to the Financial Planning Association of Australia, which is urging the government to strip out layers of complexity in the latest round of reforms. ...

Proxy advice reforms defeated

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... of last year, three days after the new regime had begun. On a vote of 29 votes to 25, the Senate disallowed the new regulations that were announced by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg in December without consultation to stakeholders, including the impacted ...

SimCorp reappointed by BNP Paribas

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2022
... Services' roadmap, including investment accounting services, advanced interoperability options and transition to new regulations (LIBOR and CSDR). "Our focus is to provide a state-of-the-art range of accounting solutions for our institutional clients," ...

Consultation opens for CCIV draft bill

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 DEC 2021
... measures outlined in the Corporations and Other Legislation Amendment (Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle Framework) Regulations 2021. The bill also sets out arrangements for cross-investment within CCIVs, voting processes and restrictions on circular ...

Hume refreshes super co-contribution laws

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 DEC 2021
... Senator Jane Hume released the draft regulation Superannuation (Government Co-contribution for Low Income Earners) Regulations 2022, which omits redundant provisions, simplifIes language and renumbers provisions. The changes propose to amend the current ...

Proxy advice reforms force transparency, AFS licensing

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 DEC 2021
... consultation from stakeholders. The new rules form part of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Greater Transparency of Proxy Advice) Regulations 2021. The licensing extension and the requirement to provide copies of proxy advice to companies will commence from ...