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Chalmers opens economic reform consultation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025
... the roundtable process. This would include improving productivity, for example, by cutting red tape without lowering standards, or leveraging technology and artificial intelligence; building economic resilience in the face of global uncertainty, through ...

Brite Advisors auditor admits failures, surrenders registration

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2025
... failed to carry out or perform the audits over this period adequately and in accordance with the Australian Auditing Standards. ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court commented that confidence and trust underpin the role of company auditors and the independent ...

Brookfield to divest retirement living platform for $3.85bn

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2025
... retirement platform also partners with the Retirement Living Council and other industry peers to advocate for higher standards and consumer protections across the retirement living sector. Brookfield Real Estate chief executive Lowell Baron said the ...

4600 relevant providers yet to meet qualification standards: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
More than 4600 relevant providers have yet to meet qualification standards, according to ASIC, and have only six months to meet the deadline. An ASIC spot check of the 15,610 relevant providers listed in the Financial Advisers Register found that 6426 ...

Nominations open for 2025 Power50

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... Standard Power50 are now open as we recognise the country's most influential advisers who continue to raise the standards for the profession and provide outstanding service to clients and the wider community. This year, we celebrate the Power50 list's ...

SMC backs principles-based approach to corporate governance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... approach in its submission to the prudential regulator's Governance Review. "SMC supports changes in the prudential standards that aren't overly prescriptive and continue to empower entities to find the most efficient and effective ways to meet regulatory ...

Australia progresses climate transition disclosures, planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
... initiative (SBTI) has also risen from 31% to 38%. Across the 837 companies analysed in the region, those committed to SBTI standards have doubled to 50% between 2023 and 2025. MSCI head of Australia and New Zealand sustainability and climate research ...

Rest, NZ Super Fund top global rankings for best practices

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... scorecard. It assesses criteria including transparency and accountability, governance structure and processes, ethical standards and policies, and alignment with sustainable development goals. Rest, NZ Super Fund, and Temasek were the only funds to achieve ...

New SMSF industry body launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... with proper governance." Banton commented that digital assets are now part of SMSF portfolios, but reporting and audit standards have not kept up. "I joined the council to help shape practical frameworks that make crypto audit-ready, not audit-challenging," ...

ASIC reads the riot act to the super industry: Longo

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025
... thread of governance failures. And why we warmly welcome the government's proposed mandatory and enforceable service standards to drive improvement in trustee conduct." He said that's also why the next phase of ASIC's work on the superannuation sector ...