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Australia dulled to gender diversity: AMP Capital

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... However, there are a number of ongoing initiatives in Australia to improve this, including the ASX Corporate Governance Council's diversity reporting requirements, the Male Champions of Change and the 30% Club which aims for female representation across ...

Ombudsman takes on ANZ fairness role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... Banking Industry Ombudsman, chairperson of the Legal Services Board of Victoria and vice-chair of the Australian Press Council. ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott said the role is significant and is designed to assist the bank in consistently delivering ...

Turnbull putting industry fund governance back on the table

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
Speaking at a Financial Services Council breakfast in Sydney, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said he would use 2017 to address inconsistencies in super fund governance. He suggested that at present, super fund governance standards are not applied equally ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
... 0.25%; and asset purchases at €80 billion until the end of March 2017 - at the conclusion of its 8 December governing council meeting. However, the ECB also announced that, "From April 2017, our net asset purchases are intended to continue at a monthly ...

Group insurance critical: FSC

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... necessarily otherwise have. Submitting to the Parliamentary Joint Committee inquiry into life insurance, the Financial Services Council highlighted the role superannuation plays in providing an affordable level of insurance cover to 92% of the working ...

FOX launches private investor centre

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
The global Family Office Exchange (FOX) has launched a new suite of tools and networking facilities and appointed a new president to oversee them. The FOX Private Investor Centre consists of spring and autumn global investment forums where members network ...

Advice experiences can help educate non-advised

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
... understand the benefits of receiving financial advice. The research was supported by a grant from the Australian Research Council in partnership with the Financial Services Council (FSC) and reinforced the benefits financial planning offers to clients. ...

ASIC falls on fund disclosure sword

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
... these measures," Tanzer said. Several super industry groups have welcomed the extension, including the Financial Services Council which said it is "pleased with the regulator's pragmatic decision to extend the time allowed for fund managers and superannuation ...

Bank inquiry recommends breaking big four oligopoly

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... introducing competition into the sector. The report said this could be achieved by either the ACCC (or the proposed Australian Council for Competition Policy) establishing a "small team" to make half-yearly recommendations as to how to improve competition ...

Kathy Havers from Catalyst wins Future2 award second-year running

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
A financial planner from Melbourne has taken out the Financial Planning Association of Australia's 2016 Future2 community service award for the second time. Kathy Havers of Catalyst Financial Group was presented with the award at the annual Future2 ...