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Geopolitics, AI tests prudential regulation: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
... are a whole lot of reasons to be worried about the risk. Cyber bad actors are using AI with glee, without any sense of ethics, and if it works, it works and if it doesn't, they change tact. So, the environment we're facing is really changing ...

Norway sovereign wealth fund divests 11 Israeli companies, cuts mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2025
... simplify the management of our investments in this market and reduce the number of companies that we and the Council on Ethics monitor," Tangen said. The move comes amidst several countries stating they will recognise Palestine next month, which includes ...

CSC quashes internal bullying, sexism claims

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2025
... to speak on individual complaints publicly. "CSC requires all executives and staff to observe the highest standards of ethics, integrity and behaviour. Our culture encourages all CSC employees to speak up, including with whistleblower protections, if ...

Aware Super beefs up sustainability team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
High-profile ethics and impact manager Desiree Lucchese has joined Aware Super as the reporting manager for climate change and sustainability. In her new role, Lucchese will blend technical expertise with change management to serve as a liaison across ...

HESTA sells out of MinRes after failed engagement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... HESTA divested its remaining shareholding in Mineral Resources (MinRes) following the resignation of the miner's entire ethics and governance committee just six months after it was established. The $89 billion fund put MinRes on watch in October last ...

Unlawful hawking practices re-emerge in SMSFs

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025
... resurgence of the unlawful methodology has been condemned by the SMSFA and goes against financial advisers' Code of Ethics. "The code imposes certain obligations on financial advisers, including acting in accordance with applicable laws, acting in ...

FSCP deregisters adviser for two years

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
A financial adviser who provided "incompetent" SMSF advice has been barred from practising in the industry for two years by the Financial Services and Credit Panel (FSCP). Glenn Paul Meilak helped clients set up SMSFs in a way that was "systemic" and ...

Jones flags drafting of Tranche 2 legislation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025
... financial concepts such as finance, economics or accounting. They will also need to complete financial advice subjects covering ethics, legal and regulatory obligations, consumer behaviour and the financial advice process," he said. "This provides relevant ...

Government to scrap advisers' approved qualifications list

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
... financial concepts such as finance, economics or accounting. They will also need to complete financial advice subjects covering ethics, legal and regulatory obligations, consumer behaviour and the financial advice process," he said. They will still need ...

FSCP orders adviser to undertake further education

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2025
... covering retirement planning in the next 12 months. The FSCP added that the adviser "did not demonstrate the FASEA Code of Ethics' Value of Diligence and failed to comply with Standard 5 which includes the requirement that all advice a relevant provider ...