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Auditors lambast mandatory climate reporting requirements

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024
... smaller business into unnecessary financial hardship as a result of these planned new reporting requirements." Meantime, Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chair Joe Longo said growing interest in environmental, social, and governance ...

Vanguard backs current performance test

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2024
... current performance test methodology - with consideration of minor amendments," Vanguard said. Vanguard Australia head of Australian public policy Sara Dix said the firm supports the current performance test and principles set out by Treasury but did ...

Equity Trustees welcomes new chief financial officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024
... the business. Prior to this, she was Vanguard Australia chief financial officer from 2017 to 2022, where she led the Australian 200-person finance function and was part of the executive team governing the establishment of the Vanguard superannuation ...

Government introduces company merger overhaul

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
... working days, where the regulator decides that they don't raise any competition concerns. The average period for the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to process merger authorisations has been 171 days. Chalmers and Leigh added that ...

Super advice fee deductions compound red tape: JAWG

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
... financial advice fees will have the opposite effect of reducing red tape and can make advice even more unaffordable. Treasury Laws Amendment (Delivering Better Financial Outcomes and Other Measures) Bill 2024, which was introduced in parliament on March ...

Non-compete clauses come under the microscope

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
... uncertainty as to enforceability and the substantial costs associated with challenging or enforcing a restraint," it said. "Australian research has found that, while uncertainty impacts both businesses and workers, it weighs more heavily on workers who ...

T. Rowe Price launches bond fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2024
... Arif Husain, T. Rowe Price's chief investment officer and head of global fixed income. It is T. Rowe Price's seventh Australian unit trust for wholesale and institutional investors. T. Rowe Price head of distribution and country head for Australia and ...

Funds SA asset allocation head to depart

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2024
... Melbourne-based asset owner. Funds SA chief executive John Piteo said: "After three years working closely with our South Australian clients and internal teams, Brendan has decided to return home." "On behalf of Funds SA, we thank Brendan for his valuable ...

Two more executives leave Morningstar

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... their time here," he said. "In the meantime, I will remain responsible for the manager research team and ratings on Australian and New Zealand fund managers." Chan has been with Morningstar for just over ten years, having also worked in managed funds ...

ART adds heavyweights to board

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... Parkinson previously served as secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, secretary to the Australian Treasury and inaugural secretary of the Department of Climate Change. ART chair Andrew Fraser said the appointments represent the changing ...
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