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Proxy advice reforms defeated

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... transparency of investee companies' practices and performance. "Just like company directors, lawmakers must be held to high standards of governance," Rennie said. "Legislation should be justified, proportionate, consistent and effective. These reforms ...

ANZ appoints chief technology officer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022
... great progress in further strengthening our architecture objectives and driving ongoing improvements in our engineering standards," Florian said. Hogarth will also ensure that technology projects align with business plans and will continue to be accountable ...

FPA calls for stronger experience pathway

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2022
... support the proposed 10 years of experience in the past 12 years pathway as proposed." In its response to the education standards policy paper, which finalised submissions on February 1, the FPA detailed why streamlining education requirements will put ...

AFA opposes clean record requirement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022
... said it does not support the 'clean record' requirement proposed within the government's new policy paper on education standards, citing the untested single disciplinary body. Under the proposed changes, a financial advisers would be deemed to have met ...

Education reforms are promising: SAFAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2022
The Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers Association argues that potential reforms to education standards will put the industry on a level playing field with other professions. In its submission to the federal government's proposal to reset education ...

T. Rowe Price launches new impact fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
... "We are pleased to launch the fund with a RIAA certification that signifies best-in-class operational and disclosure standards," T. Rowe Price head of distribution for Australia and New Zealand Darren Hall said. "Over the last decade, T. Rowe Price has ...

Former Spaceship chief executive banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2022
... remorse, ASIC found that he had knowingly engaged in wrongful conduct and had therefore failed to maintain the high standards expected of a provider of financial services," the regulator said. Bennetts stepped down from the chief executive role in May ...

MSCI teams up with Menai Financial Group

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
... in the digital asset markets but have historically struggled to find the means to do so in a way that meets the high standards of professionalism, scale, risk management, security and rigor required by traditional financial markets," Cruz said. "We are ...

How to invest in China: Capital Group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JAN 2022
... healthcare and encourage the success of local firms, including with regulatory reform and further efforts to match global standards. Examples of global firms partnering with Chinese businesses include AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Novartis, while Chinese firms ...

Shoddy exam feedback fuels adviser stress

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 DEC 2021
... response be attributed to a lean team? The authority only has 10 employees, whose work spans developing and maintaining standards, assessing and accrediting higher education degrees and courses, and overseeing the exam, according to the annual report. ...