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Spaceship chair banned for two years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2022
... Spaceship's former chief executive Paul Bennetts was banned after he was found to have an employee complete an AICD assessment on his behalf.

Reserve Bank tipped to hike rates again

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2022
... point change. GSFM investment strategist Steve Miller expects only a 25 basis point increase but this is based on his assessment of the RBA's process. Miller said: "Even if I think that the RBA delivers a 25 basis point increase on Tuesday, that ...

AFCA adopts user pays funding model

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2022
... introduced for member payments above a threshold amount, and no fee being payable for complaints found upon initial assessment to be outside AFCA's jurisdiction. In addition, the five free complaints provided under the new model will not be included ...

SEC proposes new disclosure for ESG funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... will be required to report on carbon emissions, climate-related goals and transition plans and climate-related risk assessment. As part of the proposed rules, companies will be required to provide Scope 1 and 2 emissions data and Scope 3 emissions data ...

US Fed indicates several more half-percentage rate rises

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... The Committee's previous communications were also perceived to be helpful in shifting market expectations towards its assessment of tightening financial conditions. However, valuations of many assets remained elevated. "Inflation remained elevated, reflecting ...

Liberals should liberate Australians from super: Bragg

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... fees, sub-scale funds, multiple accounts and wasteful product proliferation," he continued. Also responding to Bragg's assessment, Sydney University associate professor Shumi Akhtar said she both agreed and disagreed with his policies. "Our superannuation ...

NGS to reduce emissions 35% in three years

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2022
... officer Ben Squires said. As part of this strategy, NGS is flagging assets that the fund deems as a stranded asset for assessment and divestment. "Timing of divestment from these companies will vary, but we've committed to have no stranded assets ...

ASIC outlines cybersecurity expectations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2022
... potential harm, ASIC said. "We expect active management of cyber risks and continuous cybersecurity improvement, including assessment of cyber incident preparedness and review of incident response and business continuity plans," the regulator said. They're ...

AFCA adopts case merit assessments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2022
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority will permanently adopt a merit assessment process, so that complaints where no error or financial loss has occurred can be identified and excluded quickly. AFCA conducted a three-month pilot program last ...

NAB evades AUSTRAC fine for non-compliance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2022
... later this week. Irrespective of NAB's individual circumstances, notably AUSTRAC's 2021 major banks in Australia risk assessment labelled the overall money laundering and terrorism financing risk for the industry as 'high'.