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Investors called on to help end modern slavery

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... choice." Evans said he will be advancing the debate in Australia about how businesses and investors can strengthen their response to forced labour and modern slavery and called on ACSI attendees to help. Evans said while Australia's Modern Slavery Act ...

Life insurers keep breaking their own rules: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
... to human error and staff not following processes, it was unsurprising that staff training remained the most reported response, the report said. However, it cautioned that while training will always play a role in addressing breaches, insurers must ensure ...

Otivo launches AI-powered advice tool

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
... advice engine, which it said has been refined over nine years and vetted by KPMG. The AI-powered feature ensures every response is catalogued and automatically audited by Otivo. Otivo chief information officer Nathan Isterling told Financial Standard ...

Not one trustee tracked end-to-end claims handling times: ASIC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025
... practices, ASIC has issued 34 recommendations to superannuation trustees. These include improving customer service and response times, improved monitoring and reporting on claims handling timeframes, streamlined processes and procedures, better guidance ...

AMP introduces geared retirement options

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025
... 'Buy Menu', bringing the number of "buy" managed portfolios to over 150 across 25 managers. AMP said the addition is in response to the growing demand from new and existing advisers. According to State Street Global Advisors and Investment Trends, close ...

RBA and ASIC slam the ASX: 'Deeply disappointed'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025
... highlighted their concern about the speed and nature of ASX's remediation actions following the initial incident. In response, the RBA has taken the unprecedented step of reassessing the compliance of ASX Clear Pty Limited and ASX Settlement Pty Ltd ...

Productivity problem a long-term trend: PC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... PC deputy chair Alex Robson said. "The COVID pandemic was a massive global economic shock. The pandemic and the policy response to it drove a sharp rise - and then a crash - in measured productivity. Now that the dust has settled, we're back to the ...

Investors warned to sell hybrids before phase out

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
... simplify and improve the effectiveness of bank capital in a crisis. The move was one of several changes APRA introduced in response to lessons from 2023's overseas banking turmoil where several US and European banks either failed or required rescue ...

Green technology, clean energy receive Budget boost

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... attractiveness as an investment destination. "So, we can grasp the jobs and opportunities of the net zero transformation." In response, Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) said there is a "noticeable absence" of measures on sustainable finance ...

Government looks to bolster TPB, tax compliance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... including poor and unlawful tax advice, and increase confidence in the tax system. It also said it forms part of its response to the PwC matter as well as implements recommendations from the 2019 Independent Review of the TPB. "It will also support the ...