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Former Big Un chief charged with insider trading

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023
... came under ASIC attention. Swan was convicted for failing to conduct the 2017 company audit in compliance with auditing standards. ASIC said its investigation concerning Big Un, and its officers and executives is ongoing.

Assets under custody stagnant: Data

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2023
... cryptocurrencies, and the future direction of the ASX's CHESS replacement project. "Innovation, digital asset evolution and standards remain critical to achieving efficiency in custody and investment administration," he added. "ACSA remains well placed ...

Put controls in place for super funds: Associations

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
... superannuation fund trustees are able to employ "non-qualified persons" to give personal advice and not be held to FASEA standards or the best interests duty. "So, the government of the day paid a large sum of money to an organisation to write a report ...

"A lawyer's picnic": QAR report slammed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
... executive Phil Anderson said there would need to be controls around the kinds of advice that might apply and education standards for non-relevant providers must also be lifted. However, he said that if the proposal only allows for simple advice to be ...

My mind has not been changed: Levy

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023
... particular has been a "hot button" for some advisers. "I think it's seen to be challenging because of different standards that might apply," he explained. "We've argued that we would be comfortable with the proposal if there were controls around ...

Government acts to regulate crypto assets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2023
... Jones said government reforms will bolster consumer protections. "We will establish a set of obligations and operational standards for crypto asset service providers to ensure they adequately safe-keep assets for customers," Chalmers and Jones said. ...

Inflation remains high priority in 2023: Treasurer

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2023
... sustainable way, and repairing the budget are top of the list. "By that, I mean strengthening Medicare, better pay and higher standards of aged care, bolstering our national security, combatting entrenched disadvantage, taking some of the sting out of ...

CPA calls for regulatory reforms for NFPs, charities

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2023
... differences remain leading to unnecessary duplication." It noted that the ongoing project of the Australian Accounting Standards Board to develop a simplified financial reporting framework for smaller NFPs. "Such measures should improve the resilience ...

Sustainability reporting, biodiversity, social high on ASX agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2023
"Future facing commodities" and the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) accounting standards are the fastest rising topics of discussion in sustainability, while social issues are quickly rising to the fore with ASX-listed companies ...

Rowe joins Kofkin Bond & Co

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2023
... Planning Association of Australia, and of its Future2 Foundation, and was appointed a director of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority. He has also sat on the Financial Planning Standards Board for four years. He also has close to two ...