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Cbus appoints new head of portfolio strategies

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2023
Cbus has created a head of portfolio strategies role, bringing on board the former lead of investment model design at AustralianSuper. Leigh Gavin was appointed as the head of portfolio management, a role conceived to drive the superannuation fund's ...

Advice from Shartru failed best interests duty, ASIC says

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2023
... their representatives comply with financial services laws. ASIC expects licensees to have adequate audit processes to monitor and supervise their representatives. AFS licensees should conduct sufficient periodic audits of their advisers and use suitably ...

Industry grapples with looming cyber threats

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2023
... priorities. However, only half of respondents (across all sectors) believed their organisation had sufficient resources to monitor and respond to its cybersecurity needs. MinterEllison technology and data partner Paul Kallenbach says the last 12 months ...

APRA toughens stress testing frequency, valuation stance

KARREN VERGARA, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2023
The prudential regulator is reinforcing the importance of superannuation funds to conduct more rigorous and frequent stress testing amid the fracas over valuations in the property sector. In updating Prudential Practice Guide SPG 530 Investment Governance ...

Trustees lack urgency, strategy on RIC: Regulators

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023
A joint regulatory review finds that superannuation funds are shrugging off the urgency to offer robust retirement income strategies and are failing to integrate this mandate into their business plans. One year since the Retirement Income Covenant took ...

ACCC publishes draft guidance on greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2023
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has outlined eight principles designed to combat greenwashing by businesses and protect consumers. The ACCC has published a draft guidance to address "concerning conduct" arising from a recent ...

Young people 'locked out' of superannuation: ISA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023
... not only financially impacts young workers but also imposes an administrative burden on employers who are required to monitor the working hours of those under 18. This becomes particularly challenging given the highly casual nature of the workforce and ...

Maple-Brown Abbott names risk chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2023
First Sentier Investors' global head of financial crime compliance has jumped to Maple-Brown Abbott as chief risk officer and company secretary. Helen Birrell will replace Lata McNulty, who will leave the firm after an orderly handover later this ...

AUSTRAC drops action after Bell FG audit

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2023
... compliance obligations in the future. "AUSTRAC will continue to work with the group to ensure ongoing compliance and to monitor the remediation and uplift undertaken by the entities in response to the external auditor findings and recommendations," it ...

Trustees must do better on account consolidation: ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2023
... policies and procedures against the issues identified and take immediate steps to close the gaps. We will continue to monitor how trustees are consolidating duplicate accounts. Where we identify serious failures impacting consumers, we will take enforcement ...