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APRA finalises rules for financial crisis readiness

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023
Finalising new prudential standards, APRA is aiming to bolster banks, insurers, and superannuation trustees' resilience against future financial crises. APRA hopes the new standards will equip these financial entities with strategies to counteract threats ...

PwC picks senior leaders to oversee review

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023
... its governance, accountability and culture, which includes how the firm applies its professional values and ethical standards across its work. The firm explained it also seeks to look at how decisions are made and overseen inhouse, including how financial ...

Supercharging Australia's climate investment action

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... capital managed in Australia. Starting with the creation of a national Net Zero Authority that will not only create standards for net-zero investment initiatives, but also will coordinate the development of a clean energy economy and seek to ensure the ...

FAAA suggests adviser pathway tweaks

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023
... courses. FAAA chief executive Sarah Abood said the associations that now comprise the FAAA have long argued for both high standards and better recognition for advisers' prior learning and experience. "We also acknowledge the challenges for older advisers ...

Modern slavery on the rise a decade on from Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
... significant progress on polices and foundational level indicators that really stipulate the conditions for works and the standards on supply chain," said Bonnie Graham, ethical fashion specialist at Baptist World Aid in Australia. "But evidencing the ...

Review calls for Reserve Bank overhaul

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023
... responsibilities to manage the RBA. From a number of perspectives, current oversight arrangements fall short of contemporary standards. The proposed changes would address this and help the governor manage the bank and its many functions. "The recommended ...

Experience pathway consultation opens

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023
... financial advisers and new entrants. Treasury Laws Amendment (Measures for Consultation) Bill 2023: Financial Adviser Standards states that an adviser with 10 years of cumulative experience providing advice between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2021 ...

Government divulges vision for superannuation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 APR 2023
... superannuation reform that will forge national consensus, shift the focus from savings to retirement income, and elevate service standards for major financial institutions. At an Industry Super Australia (ISA) pre-budget event, Jones said that the government ...

APRA defers CPS 230 introduction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023
... request from stakeholders during consultation for more time to prepare. CPS 230 is intended to replace five existing standards: Prudential Standard CPS 231 Outsourcing (CPS 231) and Prudential Standard CPS 232 Business Continuity Management (CPS 232) ...

CEFC, Crescent Capital Partners invest in decarbonisation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023
... Lonergan said, forward-looking investors such as Crescent can make a material change across broad portfolios, setting new standards for abatement at the company level while lifting investor confidence via enhanced transparency and disclosure. Lonergan ...