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ASIC takes Federal Court action against Macquarie Bank

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
ASIC has started civil penalty proceedings in the Federal Court against Macquarie Bank Ltd over alleged failures to monitor third party withdrawals from customer accounts. The corporate watchdog said that limited monitoring by Macquarie of transactions ...

Tax, welfare reform on election agenda

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
Australian National University (ANU) has partnered with St Vincent de Paul Society on a new report highlighting reforms that could make the tax and welfare systems fairer ahead of the federal election. The report examines three options for helping families ...

Federal Budget delivers nothing on climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2022
... Economic Forum estimates US$4-5 trillion are required annually to keep climate change at 1.5 degrees. If Australia invested its fair share based on GDP, this would translate to around AU$80-110 billion annually. Meanwhile, UN Global Compact Network Australia ...

More super, less tinkering: ASFA

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) today released research which found 81% of Australians believe more money should be saved for their retirement, not less. When a full list of national issues were proposed to respondents, government ...

Accountants lobby for 10 budget reforms

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2022
Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) has outlined 10 proposals put to the Treasurer in the lead up to the Federal Budget. First, CA ANZ wants to see the annual superannuation cap replaced with a lifetime contribution cap and provided ...

SEC to standardise climate disclosures

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2022
... bargain from the 1930s is that investors get to decide which risks to take, as long as public companies provide full and fair disclosure and are truthful in those disclosures. Today, investors representing literally tens of trillions of dollars support ...

Super mergers only beginning: J.P. Morgan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2022
We've only seen the start of consolidation in superannuation, with mergers to accelerate, according to a new survey from J.P. Morgan. J.P. Morgan's inaugural Future of Superannuation Report interviewed 12 super fund leaders, who collectively manage ...

UK takes steps to remove gender pay gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2022
The UK government is introducing a pilot program to increase transparency around pay, to the benefit of women. It comes as many companies face backlash for showing support for International Women's Day while also paying their male employees significantly ...

AFCA consults on funding

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
... accurately reflect their usage, addressing cross-subsidisation of larger firms by smaller members of the ombudsman scheme. "It's a fair, transparent and equitable model that is supported by strong data and modelling," AFCA chief ombudsman and chief executive ...

Alpha females

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... Its range of ethical ETFs all screen out companies with no women on their board of directors. "For example, our ETHI and FAIR funds are tilted to sustainability leaders and also exclude companies with no women on their board of directors in an effort ...