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Former AFA president Dugald Mitchell remembered

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2023
... profession; it was the highest honour bestowed on an AFA member. "He was the main force behind the need to increase education standards in the 80s and 90s, he was tireless in his efforts to present advice as a profession," former AFA national president ...

Corporate fund inks deal with Link

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023
... commitment to growing the RSS business in Australia." "We recognise the importance of data security practices and the standards required of Australian banks. In the super industry, information security is paramount, and Link Group takes this responsibility ...

MLC Life backs adviser platform

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2023
... practices to their clients. "Our vision is to create a thriving community that fosters collaboration and elevates the standards of the risk insurance industry," he said.

Active Super to face action over greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
... said: "Active Super has co-operated with ASIC's investigation and welcomes increased scrutiny on ESG disclosure standards as being good for members, the super industry and the community." "As the matter is before the courts we are unable to comment ...

Hejaz debuts Australia's first Islamic pension product

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
... and stakeholders. He emphasised the company's imperative to devise a solution that not only adhered to regulatory standards and Islamic mandates but also meets consumer demands. "You don't want to create a product that meets regulatory and Islamic ...

Private credit to play critical role in the economy: MA Financial

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2023
... said. "... there's a reduction in experience in the majors. What that means is that the majors have to reduce their standards and make the box that the transactions need to fit within smaller and smaller over time, because the experience and capability ...

Treasury kicks off managed investment scheme reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2023
... will come under the spotlight as the review proposes they should be "legislatively required to meet minimum qualitative standards when conducting compliance plan audits". For managed investment schemes that hold real property, the fact that they are ...

Fitch downgrades US credit rating

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023
... November 2024 elections. Regarding the erosion of governance, Fitch believes there's been a steady deterioration in standards over the last 20 years, including on fiscal and debt matters. "The repeated debt-limit political standoffs and last-minute resolutions ...

Advisers lacking PII sidestep AFCA rulings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2023
... costly for the financial firm, but that's getting less and less." Despite the number of advisers decreasing, the standards have inversely increased. From about 2018, when new education standards and the Code of Ethics were introduced, Singh said ...

Industry grapples with looming cyber threats

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2023
... interest because they show ASIC's appetite to take enforcement action against companies that fail to meet reasonable standards in managing cyber risks," he notes. And APRA regulations are now designed to make sure that financial institutions know what ...