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Maria Lykouras nabs new chief gig

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
... understanding of the transformational changes they are facing in technology, investor demographics, market structure and regulation. "Maria has great strengths in stakeholder engagement and will be a powerful voice for members as they navigate ongoing ...

APRA's fresh guardrails to impact property investors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) will limit high debt-to-income (DTI) home lending in a move to pre-emptively contain a build-up of housing-related vulnerabilities in the financial system, APRA chair John Lonsdale said. From 1 February ...

ASIC to monitor union redundancy funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
Following a consultation process that was launched in June, ASIC has outlined its approach to the regulation of employee redundancy funds under the Corporations Act 2001 (Corporations Act), once the current relief expires on 1 April 2026. Operators ...

CalSTRS secures US$190m settlement against Meta

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2025
... an independent director code of conduct that covers conflicts of interest, confidentiality, compliance with laws and regulation, and illegal behaviour. Meta also agreed to amend its director-level conflicts of interest policy to remove Zuckerberg's decision-making ...

IMF tells Chalmers to curb spending

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2025
... substantial progress on productivity reform since our roundtable in August, across housing, environmental approvals, better regulation, artificial intelligence, and simplifying trade, with more underway," Chalmers said. "We know the job is far from over ...

Prevention of Shield, First Guardian-like events the focus from here on: Mulino

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
... way it should have been. "That's a minority, but that's where we need to think through, how do we ensure that regulation can capture those actions; I think the point that the FAAA and others have made is that when we look at things like Shield ...

Conaghan holds ASIC accountable for Shield, First Guardian mess

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
... should fix the regulator. What we need isn't more laws, it's better enforcement, not more red tape, but smarter regulation. We don't need more reform. We need ASIC reform," he said. Conaghan dug his heels in, saying that while ASIC is a "very ...

Why risk advice is on the verge of collapse: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2025
... Ross believes the conversation lies beyond the passing of the bill. "We should always try to streamline and evolve regulation to be fit-for-purpose," he added. "These things are going to continue to change our broader society, and are continuing to change ...

FAAA launches digital client identification tool

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2025
... changes to the AML/CTF regime will impact financial advisers and licensees. According to AUSTRAC, the new laws expand its regulation into new industries that are recognised domestically and globally as "high-risk for criminal exploitation." "Next year ...

Money laundering to become greater issue for super: AUSTRAC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025
Speaking at the ASFA Conference 2025, AUSTRAC deputy chief executive, regulation Katie Miller said superannuation trustees will likely encounter more issues of money laundering as a greater number of their members reach retirement. Miller said that ...