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UK regulators propose framework for workplace pension schemes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024
... demonstrate value," including not just costs, but investment performance, and service quality, in a bid to improve transparency. Pension schemes would be publicly rated as red, amber, or green, with poor performing ones required to either improve or ...

IPO conversations 'sparking interest': Barrenjoey

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2024
... of the cleanest markets in the world." "Investors can come to this country and be confident about the standards of transparency and efficiency around raising of capital. I think that confidence aspect is really something we all need to remind ourselves ...

WAM calls to save in-person AGMs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2024
... allowing companies to hold such meetings (exclusively online AGMs), the government is eroding corporate accountability, transparency and governance - and is disenfranchising individual shareholders, particularly retail investors. We call on the government ...

Treasury releases M&A draft reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2024
... on the regulations, which will cover notification thresholds, fees, and the ACCC's public register and associated transparency safeguards later this year. The draft also set out a review timeline in which it anticipates M&As to take around 230 days from ...

ASIC to launch new criminal investigation team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024
... enforcement," Senator Andrew Bragg said. "We have also recommended a suite of measures to improve governance and transparency. This includes a statutory mandate to investigate corporate misconduct, and transparently and publicly report on these investigations. ...

Cbus hires from VFMC for key ESG role

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2024
... fund's responsible investing approach also places strong emphasis on active stewardship, evidence-based research, and transparency.

Data concerns land Fiducian with additional licence conditions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024
... said. "APRA places a high degree of reliance on the quality and accuracy of the data we receive to drive greater transparency of the industry and strengthen the accountability of trustees to act in the best financial interests of their members," APRA ...

ASIC levy to slug advisers $48.4m

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024
... who are unlicensed," she said. "We continue to advocate strongly for the ASIC levy to be reduced, along with more transparency on how these costs are arrived at." A report by the Senate Economics References Committee on ASIC's investigation and enforcement ...

First advice reform bill passes parliament

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024
... consent to ongoing fee arrangements, provide flexibility in producing the Financial Services Guides, and improve transparency and protections for consumers who receive personal advice on insurance products. Before passing the bill, lawmakers amended ...

Committee calls for 'sick agency' ASIC to be split in half

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024
... that those reporting possible misconduct receive timely information as to the tangible actions taken in response. Transparency is a key pillar of several of the committee's recommendations. It's been recommended that the statement of expectations ...