Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 561 - 570 of 10771 results for "government"

UK regulators abandon DEI reporting push

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... aimed at boosting diversity in financial services. It followed a spate of sexual harassment cases and the renewal of a government committee to investigate sexism in the industry and the barriers faced by women. The resulting report, Sexism in the City ...

AustralianSuper sued over death benefit delays

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
... multiple member accounts, a case that impacted more than 42,500 members. Member services are also in the crosshairs of the government. Earlier this year, Treasury announced it would introduce mandatory minimum service standards for all large APRA-regulated ...

Gender parity in financial services an economic imperative

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025
... parity, and closing the wealth and financial literacy gap, but the reality is accelerated action is needed from the government and private sector to tackle entrenched inequalities as an economic imperative. This year's International Women's Day ...

Sandi Orleow joins ECP board

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... growth, both locally and offshore." Orleow has served and currently serves on a range of boards and committees across government entities, private and listed companies, superannuation, and member-based organisations. These include Pengana International ...

Aussie dividends underperform on global scale: Janus Henderson

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
... continue to grow at a reasonable pace, but the risk of tariffs and possible trade wars, along with the high level of government borrowing in many large economies, could lead to further market volatility in 2025 - some bond markets have already seen yields ...

Trade war intensifies: China, Canada respond to Trump's tariffs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
... projects. Some have doubled tolls on US commercial vehicles, while others have ordered the removal of US alcohol from government-run liquor stores. China also retaliated, slapping higher import levies on US$21 billion worth of US agricultural and food ...

Treasury responds to CHESS replacement inquiry

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
... recommendations to strengthen the oversight and regulation of Australia's financial market infrastructure. "The Australian government thanks the Committee for its work on these complex and important issues, as well as all those who made submissions and ...

Annuities' capital settings due for change: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
... not liquid," he said. Furthermore, Asher said the formula used did not work in 2020 during the Covid pandemic - when government bond yields behaved unpredictably due to quantitative easing and other factors. Challenger chief executive Nick Hamilton said ...

Chalmers looks to trade super pool for minerals with US

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... Super, CareSuper, Rest, Brighter Super, UniSuper, and the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, meet with US government officials at the federal and state level, and their investment sector peers, over four days.

Deflation continues, albeit slowly

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
... was caused by increases in electricity prices for those Queensland households that had used up the Queensland State government electricity rebates. "Electricity rebates lower the price of electricity for households. The Queensland government introduced ...