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ASIC turns spotlight on direct life sales

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2025
... insurers and life insurance distributors to determine whether consumer outcomes had improved since the 2018 review. ASIC commissioner Alan Kirkland warned chief executives: "The steps you take in responding to the matters identified above will inform ...

ASIC calls out super 'leaders and laggards'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
ASIC commissioner Simone Constant has told super trustees more needs to be done to meet obligations under the Retirement Income Covenant. "We are three years into the Retirement Income Covenant now. Three years since trustees have been obliged by law ...

InterPrac hit with $22m in AFCA complaints

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2025
... light of its oversight and role in the collapse of Shield and First Guardian, Sequoia recently appointed former ASIC commissioner Danielle Press as independent chair of its inaugural AFSL Governance Committee. She currently sits on the board of Insignia ...

PC recommends switch to digital financial reporting

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2025
... informs countless financial decisions that affect almost all of us through our superannuation or the shares we own," PC commissioner Julie Abramson said. "Digital financial reporting saves time and money but it could also lead to better, more profitable ...

PC outlines key reforms to boost clean energy investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2025
... under way. Getting the rest of the way at the lowest possible cost is central to our productivity challenge," PC commissioner Barry Sterland said. "With the right policy settings, we can limit the costs of decarbonising and speed up our approvals to ...

Productivity Commission recommends corporate tax cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... thickets of regulation that are slowing us down and ensure any new regulations are made with growth in mind," PC commissioner Barry Sterland said. The report urged the government to make a clear public commitment to reducing regulatory burdens, and ensure ...

Mercer Super, Virgin Money Super members caught in Australia Post burglaries

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2025
... externally or sold as a result of the incident. Mercer Super has also reported the incident to the Australian Information Commissioner and APRA. "Australia Post has advised that they have implemented a range of additional security measures following ...

Section 899 ditched but companies face tax uncertainties

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2025
... Furthermore, would there be any side deals between Australia and other jurisdictions? Cheung also pointed out how would the Commissioner (and the ATO) administer the law in the interim while negotiations take place given that a full year has passed since ...

Northern Trust selected to test tokenised asset uses

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
... payments infrastructure, might help to uplift the functioning of wholesale financial markets in Australia." ASIC commissioner Kate O'Rourke said ASIC supports the responsible development of new technologies, including tokenisation and distributed ledgers. ...

4600 relevant providers yet to meet qualification standards: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
... unclear how many advisers will be properly qualified to provide personal financial advice on 1 January 2026," ASIC commissioner Alan Kirkland said. "It's possible that some of these relevant providers may be eligible for the experienced provider pathway ...