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Showing 231 - 240 of 1823 results for "Regulation 2014"

AI is not the 'Wild West': Longo

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024
Despite the rapid progress of artificial intelligence (AI), existing obligations around good governance and the provision of financial services remain robust, according to ASIC chair Joe Longo. Addressing the crowd yesterday at the UTS Human Technology ...

Australian Ethical super chief goes for growth in 2024

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2024
Australian Ethical is transitioning its administration to Grow Inc in 2024, while also aspiring to accelerate growth in response to an increasing preference for ethical investments, says chief executive of superannuation Ross Piper. In an interview ...

Family offices embrace outsourcing: Study

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2024
Family offices across the globe are increasingly outsourcing more functions, new research from Ocorian suggests. The global study, which surveyed 301 senior executives including 50 family office investment managers in November 2023, found a staggering ...

Changing retirement landscape needs regulatory framework: Actuaries Institute

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023
The government has been encouraged to create a regulatory framework that empowers superannuation trustees to offer members targeted help, guidance, and advice (HGA) on issues outlined in the Retirement Income Review (RIC). The Actuaries Institute dialogue ...

Gender pay gap a crucial diversity metric: FSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023
... reporting as their first Principal Adverse Impacts (PAI) disclosure report under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). Under SFDR, financial market participants such as asset managers need to disclose PAIs that their investment decisions ...

Aussie fintech growth counteracted by local challenges: EY

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2023
... participants. Looking ahead, the top five factors of importance in determining a country of residence to grow business were regulation (45%), sufficient market in the current sector or access to new markets (41%). The presence of a large, strong, and ...

Key advice reforms still coming, Jones promises

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2023
Minister for financial services Stephen Jones has confirmed the government remains committed to removing Statements of Advice and the Safe Harbour Steps, as well as accelerating changes to education requirements to meet increased demand for advice. ...

Small, large entity regulation needs balance: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2023
As small financial institutions buckle under macroeconomic pressures, it is a fine balancing act to ensure that they don't suffer unnecessary regulatory burdens to avoid a similar scenario in the US with the collapse of regional banks, APRA says. ...

Potential reporting relief for trustees: ASIC

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2023
ASIC is proposing to extend the temporary relief for superannuation trustees' disclosure and reporting consistency obligations for two years. ASIC is seeking feedback on the potential extension, including whether the current arrangement is operating ...

GCI establishes real estate arm

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023
Global Credit Investments (GCI) has launched a new real estate capital offering, appointing a managing director to lead it. Led by David Stone, GCI's real estate team aims to leverage a diverse range of high-quality Australian real estate assets to ...