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Industry funds defend CFMEU board ties

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2024
... purpose is to ensure the best possible retirement outcomes for our members, who work in the building, and construction and civil industry, which comes with unique characteristics where BUSSQ can provide support such as dangerous occupations insurance ...

Boutique ESG fund manager folds

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2024
... have had with countless sustainability advocates in this network, from NGO's to academic bodies, to thought leaders and civil society leaders, from corporate sustainability teams to executive management and boards, and for many investor collaborations ...

AFCA caps Dixon claimants at 2773

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024
... matters. The fine has yet to be paid. Bragg told Parliament last year: "There's no criminal prosecution, there's no civil process other than a small fine, which is now not going to be paid. But the further fly in the ointment here is that Dixon ...

Committee calls for 'sick agency' ASIC to be split in half

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024
... high level of transparency of investigation and enforcement outcomes. This would include a searchable public register of civil or criminal outcomes that eventuate from reports of misconduct, and the outcomes of the regulators' handling of those reports. ...

ASIC alerts licensees to experienced pathway deadlines

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2024
... through ASIC Connect. Failure to notify ASIC of a declaration within the required timeframes may result in criminal and/or civil penalties. Since 21 September 2023, financial advisers who meet the criteria to access the experienced provider pathway have ...

New inspector-general of taxation appointed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2024
... been a director general and tax commissioner of His Majesty's Revenue and Customs in the UK, head of profession in the UK Civil Service and deputy secretary of the New South Wales (NSW) Department of Education. She is currently deputy secretary of the ...

ASIC appeals judge's call to not penalise Block Earner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2024
... penalty to Block Earner after it was found to have provided unlicensed financial services. In November 2022, ASIC commenced civil penalty proceedings against Block Earner, which offered a range of fixed-yield earning products based on crypto-assets ...

Advice reforms draft laws consultation opens

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024
... of an ongoing fee arrangement, update record keeping obligations for new consent requirements, and remove references to civil penalties related to a fee recipient's failure to provide certain notifications to a client. In creating such documents, advisers ...

Block Earner dodges massive fine

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024
... and the company should be relieved under Corporations Act s 1317S, which is the relief from liability for contravention of civil penalty provision. "Even if I had not granted that relief, I would not have awarded any penalty. In stating that conclusion ...

Global X brings US infrastructure ETF to Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024
... services. "The US infrastructure sector is facing an urgent need for development. As recent as 2021, the American Society of Civil Engineers assigned US infrastructure a 'poor grade', highlighting significant deficiencies which must be addressed," he ...