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UK regulator appoints Camille Blackburn to leadership team

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2022
... She has held international chief compliance officer roles in investment banking and money services businesses and senior policy roles at the Central Bank of Ireland. In the newly created role at the FCA, Blackburn will be responsible for policy development ...

FS Power50 nominations open for 2022

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2022
... those known as role models among their peers and within the industry. As well as successful business owners, award-winning policy influencers, mentors, and educators. As part of the selection process, we will invite relevant industry associations to ...

July 1 super changes: Are you ready?

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022
... across the super system," he said. "Women's lower super balances, in particular, have given rise to critical social policy issues, including increasing levels of poverty and homelessness in retirement. We will continue to work with the government ...

Ken Henry resigns from ASX board

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2022
... insight to the governance and oversight of our company," he said. "Few can match his knowledge of economics and public policy, or his commitment to broader social and environmental issues. On behalf of all our stakeholders, I thank and congratulate Ken ...

MLC Life enhances income product range

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2022
... unemployed for more than 12 months to keep their cover regardless of employment status. Additionally, customers who hold their policy inside super can access a certificate of disability for unemployment at no extra cost. This means, that if customers ...

Life Code update expands consumer protections

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2022
... also be given greater support, including a requirement for life insurers to have a dedicated family and domestic violence policy on their website. Also of note is new provisions around timeframes as they pertain to a claim to ensure claimants are paid ...

Insurers to get new advocacy body

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2022
Australia's life insurance industry will soon have a new peak body, the Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI). Expected to launch later this year, CALI is the brainchild of a collective of life insurers who believe it is now time for the sector ...

Westpac outlines new social initiatives

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2022
... South Wales government recently announced a $5 billion childcare growth plan and other governments are pursuing similar policy objectives. Providing access to fast and competitive finance will be essential to support growth in the childcare sector," ...

Stagflation: What should we expect?

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
... into investment." According to Ponder-Budd, this also means a real changing of the guard in terms of monetary and fiscal policy. "We're used to monetary policy being there. In the past, if there was a global financial crisis or a market sell down ...

You can't have it all: Retirement income strategies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
... has been on the back foot in regard to the Retirement Income Covenant. His comments led the panel moderator, AIST senior policy manager David Haynes, to ask whether that means there is a place for a 'soft default' product under the reforms. Brinsmead ...