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CSLR review will scrutinise effect on businesses

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025
... operator interacts with the delivery of the scheme, according to the terms of reference document. It will consider the current scope of the CSLR and any related matters, as well as any other current and recent reviews and inquiries that may be relevant. ...

Rest calls for advice reforms, extending SG

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2025
... advice to our members," Doyle said. "These reforms can provide a pathway for super funds to cost-effectively increase the scope and reach of financial advice, while also maintaining strong consumer protection for members." Doyle added that, with super ...

ESG linked to pay in top APAC listed firms

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
... (62%), diversity and inclusion (59%), and environmental (42%). Just 30% used GHG or carbon emissions measures including Scope 3 emissions. Climate-linked pay largely fails to achieve results, a study last year from the Investor Group on Climate Change ...

Trustee valuation processes 'concerning': APRA review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024
... appropriate or 'favourable' valuation governance frameworks. These were all large funds, representing 31% of the total in-scope funds under management (FUM) and close to six million member accounts. Twelve trustees were given an 'amber' rating, meaning ...

Super funds should focus on 'simple' advice: Jones

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2024
... to create a new category of trained financial adviser, a diploma qualified adviser, who's going to have a very narrow scope of advice that they're able to give," he said. "And it'll be specialised in the area of providing advice on the products ...

Treasury gives Tranche 2 reform package preview

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
... name should not include 'financial adviser' or 'financial planner'. The association said it is also curious about how the scope of advice of the new class will play out in relation to retirement advice and will interact with the Sole Purpose Test. In ...

Treasury consults on new crypto tax laws

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2024
... recent gains in global tax transparency will be gradually eroded," the OECD said. The CARF is designed to capture the full scope of crypto assets and their providers. It also allows for a multilateral agreement and exchange of information between other ...

Future Fund to back energy transition, residential housing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024
... investment for Future Fund. The fund has had a climate focus for some time, having been committed to achieving net zero Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by 2030, in alignment with the government's target. That said, it maintains investments in the likes ...

Systemic issues impact 20k consumers: AFCA

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024
... settle AFCA complaints, but the terms of the deeds were deemed "unfair because they were unreasonably wide and beyond the scope of the AFCA complaints." The firm has acknowledged and accepted AFCA's view that the deed did not clearly outline the financial ...

Liberal MP calls for SoA replacement

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2024
... advice. "This letter confirms a clear and transparent agreement between the adviser and the client that clearly outlines the scope of advice to be provided," he said. Secondly, the bill removes the requirement for the provision of an SoA that can take ...
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