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Six Park launches ESG options

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
... solution is to provide these people a low-cost professional solution that gives them control over their money and transparency over both investments and fees."

Rice Warner weighs in on Your Future, Your Super

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021
... promote platforms for SMSFs, hence nudge members into products without performance measures. Finally, the increased transparency and accountability measures can lead to potential inequity. Retail funds with backing from a parent company with a strong ...

ASIC slams auditors

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
... watchdog is aiming to enforce actions against auditor misconduct, delve into conflicts of interest, and force more transparency in audit inspection results. A recent inquiry into the audit sector stopped short of breaking up vertical integration within ...

APRA hands down self-assessment report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 DEC 2020
... industry associations was the increasing cost of regulation. Many also urged APRA to resume its work on improving the transparency on its assessment of costs and benefits of proposed policy changes. APRA assessed itself against six key performance indicators ...

Reporting rules for charities relaxed

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
... Not-for-Profits Commission's legislation. It said the regulatory burden on charities should be reduced while retaining transparency and trust. "The reforms will simplify financial reporting requirements and maintain transparency to ensure charities can ...

ASIC unveils school banking program review

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
... accounts created or to the monetary amount deposited by students. "In consideration of ASIC's feedback, to improve transparency we have published our school payments rationale on our website, including a state-by-state breakdown of contribution payments ...

Aussie, Lendi to merge

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
... Our technology, platform and people have revolutionised not only how Australians access home loans but also market transparency. "The role of digital technology in strengthening customer outcomes, compliance and operational agility is only growing in ...

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 ...