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Actuaries Institute proposes new performance test measure

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024
... the consequences for failing the test for choice options could instead require trustees to provide to regulator an action plan to address the underperformance. The Institute also supports the removal of barriers to consolidation of some choice options ...

Sexism in the City: UK financial sector slammed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... employees. Further, those businesses with a large gender pay disparity should be required to explain the gap and publish an action plan, the report recommends. It also recommended the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority drop ...

Gender pay gap reporting to be scrutinised

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
... the WGEA with insights into the adjusted pay gap as well. If a pay gap exists, WGEA will ask employers to present an action plan." "Unadjusted pay gap is a fairly blunt instrument," White told FS Sustainability. "It doesn't compare like-for-like ...

ASIC bans former PwC partner over tax scandal

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2023
... PwC publishing a suite of documents that aim to address the firm's governance, culture, and accountability. The PwC Action Plan includes recommendations from independent reviewer Ziggy Switkowski. As part of the plan, PwC said it will apply corporate ...

PwC chief executives hold too much power: Review

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023
... own report in response to the findings, titled Commitments to Change. The firm outlined its management response and action plan, which it said are built on five key commitments. These include putting purpose and value at its core, increasing the independence ...

Bank of Queensland slapped with EU

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2023
... $50 million to take effect from May 30. The capital add-on will remain in place until BOQ has delivered the remedial action plan under the CEU to APRA's satisfaction, it said. APRA said BOQ has acknowledged the weaknesses set out in the CEU and has ...

Giving hope: Recent regulatory wins

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... making products more accessible to women at risk of experiencing financial abuse. This was funded under the Fourth Action Plan of the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010-22 ; a national strategy developed by the government ...

ASIC cracks down on CHESS issues

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2023
... said. In response, ASX managing director and chief executive Helen Lofthouse said the exchange is "progressing its action plan to address the recommendations from this independent report". "In relation to CHESS replacement, good progress has been made ...

Sustainability reporting, biodiversity, social high on ASX agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2023
... within their own operations to enhance First Nations communities," Wynter said. "That will begin with a [Reconciliation Action Plan] RAP that quite a few of the corporates have committed to and are starting to implement through a phased-in approach. ...

UniSuper caps future investment in fossil fuels

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2022
The board of UniSuper has imposed a cap on fossil fuel exposure of 7% and has divested from companies that generate more than 10% of revenue from the extraction and production of thermal coal. UniSuper has issued its fifth annual climate risk report ...