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Super funds more likely to recall shares for proxy votes: Research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2022
... value in being part of corporate governance." Ang noted said it was important institutional investors provided clear disclosure on when votes were being lent, and, when shares were recalled, how the institution intended to vote.

Consultation opens on crypto regulation bill

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2022
... consultation that introduces licences for digital asset exchanges, custody services, stablecoin issuers, and instigates disclosure requirements for Chinese state-owned banks that facilitate e-Yuan in Australia. Bragg cited the government's inaction ...

UniSuper caps future investment in fossil fuels

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2022
... the Paris Agreement, an understanding of the climate risks embedded in their assets and businesses, and transparent disclosure explaining their activities and actions to manage climate risks and opportunities," UniSuper said. Of those 50 companies, 44 ...

Stop orders placed on property funds

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022
... Property Trust No.20. The orders prevent the responsible entities of the funds from issuing interest in, giving a product disclosure statement for or providing general advice to retail clients recommending investment in the funds under the existing TMD. ...

Climate skills development needed: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2022
... finance professional networks and industry bodies like AIST - identified as being most important were reporting and disclosure, followed by climate risk management. Also important were customer and client engagement on climate issues and understanding ...

Super fund disclosure rules finalised

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2022
Regulations relating to requirements for superannuation funds to disclose expenditures with the Annual Member's Meeting notice have been updated. Last month, the government published draft regulations for consultation. As previously reported by Financial ...

Insurers are 'fishing' for non-disclosures: ASIC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2022
... concerns about the potential consumer harm resulting from the overuse of intrusive claims handling practices like non-disclosure investigations and physical surveillance. The regulator's review of nearly 4800 individual disability income insurance claims ...

Focus on providing 'good advice': QAR draft proposals

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
... removing the best interests duty, saying "evidence suggests the best interests duty has not been more effective than disclosure in protecting consumers from poor advice." Instead, there should be a focus on providing 'good advice'; "A duty to ...

ASIC tells super trustees to improve TMDs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
... expressed in years. These elements should be consistent with other documents about the product, such as the product disclosure statement." While some trustees were found to have adopted consumer-centric review triggers that were specific and comparable ...

ASIC highlights strategic priorities

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2022
... industry consolidation," it said. On super, it will review industry practice, communicate expectations regarding trustees' disclosure obligations, and drive changes that improve transparency. It will conduct surveillance of trustees' oversight of advice ...