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NZ sovereign wealth fund, Northern Trust extend relationship

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2022
... process earlier this year. Northern Trust will continue to provide the $58.7 billion super fund with global custody, compliance monitoring and securities lending services. Northern Trust Asset Management has separately provided investment management ...

ASIC takes civil action against Firstmac

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2022
... reducing the risk of harm to consumers caused by poor product design, distribution and marketing, especially by driving compliance with design and distribution obligations," concluded Court. ASIC is seeking declarations and pecuniary penalties from the ...

Regulators urge ASX to maintain CHESS

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022
... regulatory responses to ASX's recent decision and are prepared to bear a range of regulatory options to ensure compliance with CS facility licence obligations.

Future Fund subsidiaries set to receive tax exemption

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022
... to the dividends paid to it. Treasury explanatory materials said the current tax arrangements result in unnecessary compliance and administrative burdens for the Future Fund board and its subsidiaries. Further, the time delay between paying tax and receiving ...

Target market determinations have improved: ASIC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2022
... products in Australia." Hughes added that this review is part of a series of initiatives ASIC is undertaking to address compliance with design and distribution obligations (DDO). "ASIC is working on targeted, risk-based surveillance and enforcement action ...

More alpha gains through ops

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2022
... portfolios, further complicates the operational structure. Leaper goes on to say that funds need systems, risk management and compliance, governance, decision-making forums, and many more delegations from the board to support these changes. They need ...

BGL adds company tax return to software solution

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2022
... clients can now prepare and electronically lodge the 2022 Company Tax Return in Simple Invest 360, streamlining their compliance workflow. "This is a fantastic achievement and another industry first for the Simple Invest 360 product team, and I am incredibly ...

The most powerful driver of risk culture in super: KPMG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2022
... outcomes amongst the super industry. Yet, there is a lack of maturity in utilising governance, risk management and compliance (GRC) capabilities resulting in limitations and challenges with preparing real-time, data-enabled reporting. KPMG said integrating ...

APRA, ASIC concerned over premium increases

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2022
... contract between insurer and consumer; that marketing material and other documents are not misleading; and continued compliance with their legal obligations, including to act efficiently, honestly and fairly. To curb these discrepancies, ASIC and APRA ...

Trustees must improve IDR processes: ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2022
... response letter, the review found 19% of the IDR policies in Stage 2 used highly complex language. Elsewhere, ASIC said compliance with the requirements related to systemic issues needs attention, while some board reports lacked sufficient detail on ...