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Associations call for improved access to financial advice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2023
... Planning Association of Australia chief executive Sarah Abood, Financial Services Council chief executive Blake Briggs, FINSIA chief executive and managing director Yasser El-Ansary, Institute of Public Accounts chief executive Andrew Conway, Licensee ...

MLC Life Insurance welcomes new non-executive director

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2023
... also held board roles with the International Financial Risk Institute and the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA). MLC Limited chairman Peter Grey welcomed the appointment and said Stephen's experience will be a great asset during ...

Review of YFYS receives mixed response

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2022
... is a good idea and will enable the government and the industry to work through some of the issues related to the tests." FINSIA chief executive and managing director Yesser El-Ansary also commented: "Reviewing the implementation of the YFYS regime is ...

Good isn't good enough for the super system: Byres

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2022
At the FINSIA 'The Regulators' event, APRA chair Wayne Byres has detailed the regulator's foremost superannuation priorities. Australia's superannuation system is the envy of the world, but Byres said it could be better. Having initially praised the ...

New members on Markets Disciplinary Panel

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021
... Macquarie's ANZ head of electronic execution Valerie Kingsmill and ABN AMRO Clearing Sydney's APAC chief executive Barry Parker. FINSIA president Victoria Weekes has also been appointed deputy chair following the retirement of Cilla Boreham in June. ...

Governments must act on net zero: Morningstar

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2021
... investment strategy by 2050 or sooner under the banner of the Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative. The survey comes after FINSIA came out urging the financial services industry to increase climate science skills to prevent negative risks on the econom ...

Climate science skills needed in financial services

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2021
... continues, an industry body is calling on the need for greater climate science skills in the financial services industry. FINSIA believes without climate science skills, financial services organisations are at a great risk of negatively impacting the ...

Gender equality perception differs

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2021
... organisations saying they are working to promote gender equality and those putting it into practice, new research shows. FINSIA's sixth biennial Gender Divide Survey has revealed the gap in perception versus reality of where the industry currently finds ...

ERS will impact those who didn't access super: REST

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... loss for those who didn't take advantage of the scheme, according to REST chief executive Vicki Doyle. Speaking at the FINSIA Future of Super webinar, Doyle said there will be an impact felt from the ERS scheme on those individuals who did not access ...

Banks urged to step up

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... called on the big banks to support the Australian COVID-19 recovery, rather than their shareholders. Speaking during a FINSIA webinar, Lowe said over the past decade APRA had worked with banks to reduce liquidity risks, leaving Australian banks in a ...
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