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    Governance News 9 November 2022

    40 minute read + (PDF download)  09.11.2022 Mark Standen, Siobhan Doherty, Kate Hilder

    This week's issue covers several significant financial services developments including insights from ASIC into its enforcement approach, ASIC's 2023 enforcement priorities and the launch of the FRAA's first review of APRA.  On the ESG front, we cover the release of the UK TPT's proposed new ‘gold standard’ framework for climate transition planning for private sector firms, ASCI's analysis of the extent to which ASX 200 companies' reported emissions targets are aligned with a 1.5 degree trajectory and more…

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