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ACSI lists ASX sustainability reporting leaders, laggards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... validation." ACSI noted that their annual research this year comes in the context of new reporting guidelines and regulations from ASIC and the ASX Corporate Governance Council, which will have implications for companies' sustainability reporting. Earlier ...

UCA Funds Management release 2013 annual report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... exemptions provided to charitable and religious investment bodies by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). "The goal is to have the same licensing level as any other retail ...

ASIC guide widens scope of risk, future prospect disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
A regulatory guide released by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has extended recommendations of how directors should disclose risks and future prospects of a listed company, opening further opportunities for transparency around ...

ASX includes ESG language in corporate governance guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... recommendation brings ASX in line with corporate governance recommendations from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) made last year, said Alison George, ESG engagement manager at Regnan. "It's going to have pretty minor impact ...

Interest spurs new developments in social enterprise funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... Group and a retired former director, market regulation and strategy at the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). "They're the same kinds of issues for a corporate bond as for a community bond - from a common sense point of view, what ...

Integrated Reporting framework launched

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... Australian reporting, Magarey said. "IR is definitely relevant to an Australian context," she said. "It is also useful in terms of ASIC's guidance around the operating and financial review. Australian companies may see IR as an opportunity to better ...

OECD criticises low enforcement of foreign bribery law

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... case referral among commonwealth and state authorities; tap into the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC) expertise in fighting corporate crime; and vigorously pursue false accounting cases." "Usage of the corporate liability provisions ...

ASIC affirms October deadline for carbon trading AFS licence

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... the federal pricing regime have until the end of October to apply to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) for an Australian financial services (AFS) licence. Under the government's Clean Energy legislative package, emission units ...

Clean Energy Regulator and ASIC to work together

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Regulator (CER) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) have signed an agreement outlining how they will manage regulatory responsibilities under the forthcoming carbon pricing regime. The CER administers a number ...

ASIC details AFS licence process for carbon credit trade

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has published the details of how to register for the licensing process for those intending to provide financial services in carbon units under the federal pricing regime. ASIC will accept registration ...