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Former ASIC chair, FASEA chief launch trustee

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2025
... as independent chair of the new trustee firm. Glenfield, who was chief executive of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA) between 2018 and 2022, is an independent director. Super Trustees Australia currently oversees the SPSL Pooled ...

Super funds a "standout" in risk and compliance hiring: Kaizen

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2025
... operations in superannuation and funds management," the report read. It noted a push for hybrid tech-GRC skills such as AI ethics, governance and cyber resilience in maturing private credit funds, as cyber and data privacy threats rise.

HESTA, Vision Super divest Israeli securities

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025
... disregard for adverse human rights impacts." Its holdings include Microsoft and Alphabet. Australian Ethical chief impact and ethics officer Alison George said in a statement: "We apply ethical investment restrictions to any company or asset we assess ...

ASIC cracks down on adviser CPD failures

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025
... client care and practice (five hours); regulatory compliance and consumer protection (five hours); professionalism and ethics (nine hours); and tax (financial) advice (five hours where the financial adviser is authorised to provide tax (financial) advice ...

Norway wealth fund told to pause ethical divestments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... divestment from Caterpillar in August over the use of its equipment by the IDF. It followed recommendations by the Council of Ethics on both June 25 and July 2. This was done under the existing guideline that the fund cannot invest in companies involved ...

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 ...