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PGIM inks joint venture for 20 Bridge Street

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
... really focused on a 'flight-to-quality' strategy for their offices, demanding best in class space, operational standards, sustainability, amenities and services and all in first-class locations," he said. "With the very limited supply and strong ...

Industry fund insurance bungle adds fuel to mounting outrage

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
... month, treasurer Jim Chalmers and outgoing assistant treasurer Stephen Jones announced new mandatory minimum service standards for all large APRA-regulated superannuation funds. Billed as a push to improve member outcomes and how funds engage with their ...

FSCP deregisters adviser for two years

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
... prioritise his clients' interest over his own, and made misleading statements. He breached the Code of Ethics' standards of acting in accordance with all applicable laws and the code; and failed to provide financial product recommendations that ...

Cbus faces fresh investigation over fund expenditure practices

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025
... uplift practices to ensure members receive the best possible services. "Our priority is to ensure Cbus meets the highest standards that are rightfully expected of us by our members as one of Australia's leading superannuation funds," Fok said. "We ...

One more vote needed for $3m super tax

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
... secure their vote." Further, the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) general manager policy, advocacy and standards Phil Anderson also brought attention to the delay, affirming that the association is "strongly against" the legislation. "We ...

Victorian SMSF auditor fails to overturn disqualification

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... South in Victoria, from being an approved SMSF auditor in February last year over his failure to comply with auditing standards; Islam appealled the decision to the Administrative Review Tribunal (ART) on April 17. The ART affirmed the decision on December ...

Minimum service standards for super funds welcomed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones announced new mandatory minimum service standards for all large APRA-regulated superannuation funds. Chalmers said the reforms will improve member outcomes and how funds engage with their ...

Auditors tighten fist on greenwashing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
... begins for large entities and financial firms. Part of a broad crackdown on greenwashing and ESG-related fraud, the standards aim to boost confidence and transparency with a focus on investor protection. The International Foundation for Ethics and Audit ...

Government to streamline financial reporting

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
... institutional arrangements with a new single entity for the setting of accounting, sustainability, auditing and assurance standards. "The Albanese government is streamlining Australia's financial reporting bodies to help build a more competitive ...

mFunds sparked ASX outage, $1m credit issued

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
... successfully resolved such that the market could open normally on the next business day, this does not meet the high operating standards expected of ASX and which we expect of ourselves," she said. On Saturday, 21 December 2024, ASX engineers investigated ...