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Benchmark report reveals crucial blind spots in whistleblower protections

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
... governance. These programs provide important information for directors to oversee their company's operations and compliance with the law." He is encouraging companies to benchmark themselves against the findings to consider how they can improve. The ...

Chalmers accused of sitting on advice for MIS reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
... needs to take a proactive approach. "The regulatory regime, however, cannot regulate against those determined to break the law and at this point it is legitimate to question whether there is appropriate enforcement of the law. Adding further obligations ...

ASIC allows more forms to be lodged via email

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
... 205 Notification of resolution 206 Application for change of company type 207Z Certification of compliance with stamp duty law 208 Notification of details of shares issued other than for cash 218 Constitution of company - lodged as part of forms 201 ...

Rest launches clearing house solution

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
Following a successful pilot program, Rest will launch a new clearing house solution to help businesses meet their upcoming Payday Super obligations from 1 July 2026. The super fund said the Rest Pay solution is purpose-built for Payday Super and aims ...

More than 2000 advisers at risk as deadline looms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025
Just one month out from the qualification deadline, some 2326 financial advisers are still yet to meet the standard, says ASIC. As at November 20, there were 15,469 relevant providers listed on the Financial Advisers Register. Of these, 7959 hold an ...

FEATURE | Agriculture: Golden soil

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
... white meats, and it hits a pinnacle of red meat," he recently told the AgriCoach podcast. In economic theory, Bennett's Law states that as people earn more money, become less poor and move into the middle class, they tend to move away from starchy ...

Reforms on super advertising, stapling enter parliament

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
Potential reforms around the advertising and stapling of superannuation products during employee onboarding were introduced to the House of Representatives today. The Treasury Laws Amendment (Supporting Choice in Superannuation and Other Measures) Bill ...

FX coaching platform handed additional conditions over compliance failures

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
... timeframe. The consultant is also to consider LTT's procedures and frameworks to ensure compliance with financial services law and provide two reports on these matters to ASIC for the watchdog to determine if any further action is warranted. "Compliance ...

Super funds lagging RIC obligations: Pulse Check

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
... three years to develop meaningful retirement income strategies that meet the diverse needs of their members - and meet the law," she said. "Retirees collectively entrust almost $600 billion in savings to the stewardship of super trustees, who should ...

CalSTRS secures US$190m settlement against Meta

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2025
... improvements. Other changes it will make include enhancing its whistleblower program with more specific language around privacy law violations and Meta's privacy policies, and Meta will report identified issues quarterly to a designated committee of ...