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Greenwashing remains an enforcement priority: ASIC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... Among the changes based on industry feedback are: a new section on climate-related scenario analysis a new section disclosing Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions "There's some challenging parts of the framework so those sections could help small and ...

Cointree hit with AUSTRAC fine

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
... our partners to suspected criminal conduct." Thomas acknowledged that Cointree fully cooperated with AUSTRAC in self-disclosing the breaches and said the exchange was taking proactive steps to remediate its systems and controls. "Without these steps ...

Vision Super defends new but 'archaic' policy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
... Super is committed to complying with the Privacy Act 1988. Australian Privacy Principle (APP) 8 outlines that before disclosing personal information to an overseas recipient, reasonable steps must be taken to ensure that the recipient does not breach ...

SMA Reporting Standard launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
... by the Adviser Ratings Group and operates as a separate entity, SMA Standard Pty Ltd. SMARS ultimately applies RG 97 Disclosing fees and costs in PDSs and periodic statements to SMAs. The framework aims to provide clearer insights into fee structures ...

Advisers must prioritise Conflicts Priority Rule: AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2024
... typically uses Regulatory Guide 175 Licensing: Financial product advisers-Conduct and disclosure to assess cases. Merely disclosing the conflict is insufficient. "You really need to look at how that related-party product provides additional benefit to ...

GQG breaches SEC whistleblower protection laws

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
... The watchdog found NDAs the fund manager entered with 12 potential employees and a former one prohibited them from disclosing confidential information about GQG, particularly to government agencies. Such arrangements, the regulator said, made it more ...

Magellan fund to launch as active ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024
... longer be any closed class units on issue. Accordingly, the fund will become an open-ended active ETF and an "unlisted disclosing entity" for the purposes of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) ("Act") subject to the continuous disclosure obligations in ...

ASIC waves red flag at advisers, trustees over Choice products

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... an option," ASIC said. Meantime, in terms of measuring underperformance, ASIC said one trustee was, until recently, disclosing vague, non-specific objectives such as 'relatively stable returns' or 'moderate returns'. While it did say that most trustees ...

ANZ fined $900k over shares disclosure failure

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023
... $780 million. She emphasised that this decision should serve as a warning to companies to fulfil their obligations of disclosing information continuously. "ASIC will continue to enforce the continuous disclosure regime to ensure investors are provided ...

Gender pay gap a crucial diversity metric: FSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023
... of the aspects of engaging for companies to provide more data to us on their own people, where they're open to disclosing," White said. As part of this program, other questions come into focus, such as the role of mentorship versus sponsorship in ...