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Life insurers enhance domestic violence response

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
... violence that sets new benchmarks for life insurers to better understand and engage with victim-survivors. The detailed framework will help Australian life insurers identify family and domestic violence situations, such as financial abuse, and respond ...

AustralianSuper warns outdated tax laws will hurt returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2025
... disadvantage that could drag on returns. In its pre-budget submission, AustralianSuper argued that the current tax system framework is weighing on the industry, creating uncertainty and tilting the playing field against super funds competing with other ...

Partners Wealth Group appoints new head of Partners Private

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
Partners Wealth Group has appointed a new head of its wholesale investments business, Partners Private. The wealth management firm named Fraser Herd to oversee the development and expansion of its private investment opportunities for clients and partner ...

Cbus faces fresh investigation over fund expenditure practices

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025
... governance failures observed by APRA, including "significant and persistent weaknesses" in its operational risk management framework, as well as concerns related to insurance administration and outsourcing. Cbus will engage independent experts to review ...

The regulatory pendulum has swung too far: FSC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2025
... of design and distribution obligations. Some fall under APRA's remit, including a long-awaited product modernisation framework for legacy funds management and superannuation products to "finally allow" companies to "close onerous and expensive legacy ...

Rest calls for advice reforms, extending SG

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2025
... Offset policy settings to give a fairer deal to low-income earners. It also wants the government to fund and develop a framework for data sharing between government agencies and super funds to uplift data integrity, and support efficiencies across the ...

Auditors tighten fist on greenwashing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
... Seidenstein said. There are two new directives: IAASB's International Standard on Sustainability Assurance (ISSA) 5000 - 'a framework for credible sustainability assurance'; and IESBA's International Ethics Standards for Sustainability Assurance (including ...

Financial services deregulation boosts economy by $2bn: FSC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
... This includes simplifying the breach reporting regime and providing a level playing field under the foreign investment framework. For the breach reporting regime, the FSC proposes that breaches that do not result in financial loss or damage to the consumer ...

SEC names acting chair, establishes crypto taskforce

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
... first order of business, Uyeda launched a crypto taskforce dedicated to developing a "comprehensive and clear regulatory framework" for crypto assets. The taskforce will collaborate with commission staff and the public to set the SEC on a regulatory ...

Trump inaugurated as 47th President

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
... "This regulatory momentum will likely set the stage for other countries to follow suit, creating a more cohesive global framework for crypto. While it will take time, current circumstances suggest these developments could happen at an accelerated pace ...