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APRA to modernise regulatory frameworks

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2022
... prudential standards for banks, insurers, and super funds. The program, which commenced last year, is intended to ensure the framework continues to underpin financial safety and stability in a rapidly changing economic and technological environment. ...

JANA announces Sustainability Advisory Council

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2022
JANA has launched a new independent advisory council that will provide guidance on sustainable investing. The JANA Sustainability Advisory Council (JSAC) aims to enhance client capabilities and broaden impact investment opportunities, with a long-term ...

CSLR legislation tabled, advice sector responds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2022
... APRA and ASIC. "The new Financial Accountability Regime (FAR) imposes a strengthened responsibility and accountability framework that will ensure that the directors and most senior and influential executives of financial institutions will be held accountable ...

Climate skills development needed: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2022
... understanding of climate science to be able to assess climate risk. Perhaps we do need some kind of skills and competencies framework to be able to assess what skills organisations really need," Atherton said. "We need relevant short courses; we need ...

SMSFA calls for budget amendments

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2022
... the overarching themes of its submission are simplification, review, and the modernisation of the sector. Within this framework, the association has identified eight issues where this can be achieved. The first point raised is around simplifying transfer ...

APRA aims to bolster financial crisis response

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2022
... gaps in capabilities between entities and across industries. By laying out a consistent, transparent and enforceable framework, APRA will be better able to strengthen crisis preparedness and close those gaps," he concluded. A five-month consultation ...

HESTA adds Woodside, Santos to climate watchlist

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2022
... AGL, Origin, Santos and Woodside that they've been placed on a watchlist under the fund's engagement escalation framework. HESTA has written to the chairs of AGL, Origin, Santos and Woodside informing them the companies were placed on the watchlist. ...

Not enough being done to fix super gap: AIST

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2022
... working closely with member funds to propose an objective of super to be entered into the statute books with a robust framework to support it," Scheerlinck said. Financial Standard is the official media partner of the 2022 AIST Conference of Major Super ...

AMP loses management of ACRT

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2022
... with new capabilities and an expanded product offering, underpinned by our best practice governance and risk management framework," Dexus said. The Dexus transaction is expected to complete in November. AMP said it respects the decision of unitholders ...

APRA removes Westpac liquidity add-on

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2022
... (WNZL). It identified breaches that demonstrated weaknesses in the bank's risk management and oversight, risk control framework and risk culture in its liquidity risk management and reporting. At the time APRA Deputy Chair John Lonsdale said: "Under ...