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Financial services' biggest tax bills revealed

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
... pay in taxes? The Australian Taxation Office has released the latest numbers. The ATO's latest Corporate Tax Transparency report found AMP Limited as the financial institution outside the big four banks with the highest tax bill $727 million in 2018/19. ...

Regnan launches global equity impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
... publish annual impact reports and quarterly updates, and will publish the SDG taxonomy it has developed, to provide transparency for investors. Regnan is a specialist ESG research, engagement and advisory business that is fully owned by Pendal Group. ...

US regulator, states sue Facebook

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
... is a gullible Australian audience," Reset Australia executive director Chris Cooper said. "The DIGI code offers no transparency around how the platforms profit from and perpetuate disinformation. There is no independent oversight and no consequences ...

S&P DJI ventures into crypto indices

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
... "We're excited to work with Lukka, who has been at the forefront of digital asset data services, to promote more transparency in this nascent sector," Roffman said.

Finance is least ethical sector: Governance Institute

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... rating reached a new high of 52% from 37% in 2019. "It seems that a year of hardship, in which co-operation, trust and transparency have become paramount, has changed our perceptions around how we function as a society," Motto said. The findings are ...

Your Future, Your Super reforms closer to legislation

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... components that will introduce an underperformance test, stapling, a comparison tool, as well as accountability and transparency obligations that will put trustee spending under the microscope. Treasury Laws Amendment (Measures 4 for a later sitting) ...

Pension funds unite for ESG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... Accounting Standards Board standards and the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures framework. Greater transparency would enable more informed investment decision-making, and the ability to better assess and manage ESG risk exposures, the ...

Fintech to take on super with new hire

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... for the wealthy and mature cohort. As Aussies grab a hold of their financial health, it's time they had some transparency and choice around the 9.5% they contribute to super each month. What we're building at Stake will give them that," Kitto said. ...

Vatican shakes up financial management

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... Francis' stated objectives when he was elected in 2013, and this appears to be the latest move towards creating more transparency and professionalising the holy city-state's financial management. He instructed Vatican investigators to be on the look-out ...

Hume scrutinises super fund spend

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... government's package of new reforms will stamp out widespread underperformance, complex arrangements and lack of transparency that have gone on for far too long. Similar to an ASX-listed company, super funds are now required to disclose the remuneration ...