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June adviser exam registers 72% pass rate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2026
... candidates have passed the exam, which ASIC said demonstrates having the skills to apply their knowledge of advice construction, ethics and legal requirements to the practical scenarios tested in the exam. This marks the 33rd exam cycle. The next exam ...

KPMG details action plan to address whistleblower probe

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2026
... will include involving independent board members in new sub-committees focused on priority areas such as audit quality, ethics, whistleblower oversight and other matters of public interest. KPMG interim chief executive Stan Stavros said: "The decisions ...

Advisers reprimanded over fee-for-no-service conduct

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2026
... licensee. As a result, the panel said the relevant provider contravened s921E(3) of the Corporations Act 2001, and the Code of Ethics 's values of trustworthiness and diligence and breached Standards 2 and 7. In a separate determination, an adviser was ...

Adviser reprimanded over clients' loss of cover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
... services law and therefore also didn't comply with Standard 5 (client care) or Standard 9 (quality process) of the Code of Ethics. The laws the adviser is said to have breached were s961B(1), s961G, s947D, and s921E(3). This means the adviser did ...

Treasury proposes advice education standard reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2026
... concept subjects and four accredited financial advice subjects. The four proposed accredited financial advice subjects are ethics for professional advisers, financial advice regulatory and legal obligations, client and consumer behaviour, and financial ...

Mercer's Helga Birgden departs after 18 years

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... of you, but this resulted in better applying our minds to complexity, using the best science, modelling, mindset, data, ethics, and analysis. I learned resilience is worthwhile."

TelstraSuper exec joins CFA Society board

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
... profession. "Having benefited from and contributed to the CFA community for nearly two decades, I'm committed to championing ethics, lifelong learning, and professional excellence. I'm energised by the opportunity to bring my global experience ...

Former ASIC chair, FASEA chief launch trustee

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2025
... as independent chair of the new trustee firm. Glenfield, who was chief executive of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA) between 2018 and 2022, is an independent director. Super Trustees Australia currently oversees the SPSL Pooled ...

Super funds a "standout" in risk and compliance hiring: Kaizen

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2025
... operations in superannuation and funds management," the report read. It noted a push for hybrid tech-GRC skills such as AI ethics, governance and cyber resilience in maturing private credit funds, as cyber and data privacy threats rise.

HESTA, Vision Super divest Israeli securities

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025
... disregard for adverse human rights impacts." Its holdings include Microsoft and Alphabet. Australian Ethical chief impact and ethics officer Alison George said in a statement: "We apply ethical investment restrictions to any company or asset we assess ...
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