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Super funds more likely to recall shares for proxy votes: Research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2022
... paper from researchers at Deakin Business School. The two-strikes rule was brought in as an amendment to the Corporations Act. If more than 25% of a company's shareholders vote down two annual remuneration reports in a row, this triggers a vote on a ...

ABN AMRO Clearing pays $222k penalty

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022
... trades. Subsequently, the MDP had reasonable grounds to believe that ABN AMRO contravened subsection 798H(1) of the Corporations Act by failing to comply with Rule 3.4.2(1) of the Rules. The MDP found that ABN AMRO's operations team performed a check ...

Insurers are 'fishing' for non-disclosures: ASIC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2022
... Commission, we took action against TAL for breaches of its duty of utmost good faith in handling claims. Changes to the Corporations Act on 1 January 2022 mean that insurers are now legally obliged to act efficiently, honestly and fairly when handling ...

ASIC releases CCIV guidelines

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2022
... guidance will assist corporate directors to comply with their licensee obligations and other requirements under the Corporations Act." ASIC will update its key regulatory guidelines and release new legislative instrument to further support corporate ...

Advice requirements confusing, complex: JAWG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
... pressure." Additionally, the submission also made recommendations for the removal of the safe harbour steps from the Corporations Act and clarity on what is needed to satisfy the best interests duty. A profession-wide position on the tax deductibility ...

ASIC prosecutes market manipulator

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2022
... $765,000, or both. Posting on social media as part of an attempt to manipulate the market is illegal under the Corporations Act. This is the first time a person has been convicted of online stock manipulation charges under s1041D of the Act. The corporate ...

'No easy answer' to ESG disclosures by super fund trustees

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022
... disclosure, the question confronting RSE licensees is just what they ought to disclose to members." Already the Corporations Act enforced registrable superannuation entities (RSE) to disclose the extent to which ESG factors are considered in their investment ...

ASIC suspends Dixon Advisory AFSL

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2022
... membership until 8 April 2023; and requires the maintenance of compensation arrangements that comply with the Corporations Act 2001 until 8 April 2023. Dixon Advisory has a right to seek a review of ASIC's decision at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. ...

ASIC extends relief for retirement estimates

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022
... conditional relief from the licensing, conduct and disclosure obligations relating to personal advice in the Corporations Act 2001 that might otherwise apply to a superannuation trustee providing retirement estimates to its members. The relief was due ...

Dealer group faces anti-hawking charges

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2022
... previous provisions. At the time of the alleged offences, the maximum penalty for each breach of s992A(3) of the Corporations Act was $133,200. The matter is being prosecuted by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions after a brief of evidence ...