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Canada’s patent term adjustment system comes into force in new year
Beginning January 1, 2025, patent owners in Canada will have access to a general system of patent term adjustment (PTA).
Australia | Publication | June 14, 2019
APRA’s recently released Information Paper, regarding the recent self-assessments undertaken by financial institutions, indicates focus areas for APRA in the upcoming period of regulatory supervision.
APRA called for self-assessments on a range of ADIs, insurers and super funds and asked those entities to assess their present capabilities in non-financial risk management as well as in matters of culture and governance. APRA released the paper to further assist the sector in addressing the challenges of embedding effective risk governance practices within their organisations.
APRA observed some key emerging themes from the self-assessments:
Significant uplift is required across industries to bring governance and the management of non-financial risks to an appropriate standard. APRA – 22 May 2019
In a clear signal to the sector, APRA foreshadowed increased supervisory intensity for governance, accountability and culture for all regulated institutions. Given Hayne’s robust commentary on the performance of regulators, we can expect APRA to walk the talk on this.
The questions for institutions to now ask themselves include:
There is no doubt that regulatory focus on whether institutions are proactively improving the management of non-financial risk, and prioritising risk culture, governance and remuneration will continue to sharpen. There is also no question that, in this regard, all organisations – and particularly financial institutions – must be able to demonstrate, both to regulators and, increasingly, the public, an effective and continuing response to these challenges.
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Beginning January 1, 2025, patent owners in Canada will have access to a general system of patent term adjustment (PTA).
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The Regulator has provided a link to its dashboard webinar held on November 26, 2024, which it urges scheme trustees to watch. The Money and Pensions Service also collaborated with the Pensions Dashboard Programme to host a “town hall” dashboard event on December 2, 2024.
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The new DB scheme funding code came into force on November 12, 2024, and the Regulator has now published the final part of the new funding regime framework: updated employer covenant guidance for trustees.
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