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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'.

Regulators release crypto, cyber security roadmaps

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022
... particular, APRA expects that all regulated entities will conduct appropriate due diligence and a comprehensive risk assessment before engaging in activities associated with crypto-assets, and ensure that they understand, and have actions in place to ...

Australia's first-ever Bitcoin ETF to launch next week

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2022
... eligible crypto-assets will now be taken to have a high level of institutional support and acceptance following a holistic assessment and passing of set criteria. Edited as of 4:57pm 20 April 2022

Modern Slavery Act needs strengthening: Panel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2022
Australia's Modern Slavery Act is under review for impact and effectiveness, and investors have a role to play in both potentially strengthening the statutory obligations as well as impacting on an issue that is getting worse globally. A panel of ...

28% of super products rated AAA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022
... Rating. Out of the AAA products, 79 are workplace products, 49 are personal products and 65 are retirement products. The assessment criteria framework as part of the AAA Quality Rating process considers the investment menu, performance and risk-adjusted ...