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Regulators fret over hobby traders

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2022
... around the world are observing common types of harmful behaviour include mis-selling, mis-labelling and misleading disclosure - all of which have the potential to undermine confidence and stability," ASIC commissioner Sean Hughes said. "The Retail Market ...

ASIC scrutinises managed fund marketing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2022
... and risk representations. Where we identify fund marketing of concern, we will also review the corresponding product disclosure statements, websites, and target market determinations to assess if the marketing claims are misleading. "ASIC is committed ...

SEC to standardise climate disclosures

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2022
... to their audited financial statements. The proposed required information about climate-related risks would include disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions, which the SEC acknowledged as an important factor in assessing a company's exposure to climate-related ...

Disclosure lacking in common ownership: Committee

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022
The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics has recommended greater disclosure obligations for institutional investors and proxy advisors and for the ACCC to actively monitor common ownership in Australia - all the while sharing little ...

Super mergers only beginning: J.P. Morgan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2022
... APRA Superannuation Data Transformation project will increase costs. And 83% of respondents say the Portfolio Holdings Disclosure rule changes will not be an accurate or useful measure for decision-making. When asked about the impact of the change to ...

VGI, Regal need more time on deal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2022
... and Regal, remains ongoing." VGI confirmed that it will continue to update the market in accordance with continuous disclosure rules. The extension to merger talks comes after VGI chief executive Jonathan Howie resigned in January. The announcement of ...

Leadership shuffle, redundancies at OpenMarkets

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2022
... shareholders. However, the company said it is not currently sufficiently advanced with any such initiatives that it can warrant disclosure to the market at this time.

Trustees to be quizzed on climate risk management

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022
... change, and the expectations set out in APRA's CPG 229 guidance and the Taskforce on Climate-Related Financial Disclosure (TCFD)," APRA said. To make it easier for entities to complete, and in the hope of getting more responses, APRA has said the ...

Hume pledges less red tape for advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022
... accessible and affordable financial advice for retail investors," she told yesterday's summit. The simplification of disclosure and documentation requirements is also on the table. By way of example, Hume wants Statements of Advice to be more helpful ...

CalPERS names new chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
After almost 18 months of searching, California Public Employees' Pension Retirement System has appointed its new chief investment officer. Following an extensive search, Nicole Musicco has been named in the role, leading the US$500 billion pension ...