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ING appoints head of wealth from Suncorp

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2018
ING Australia has appointed a new head of wealth. Cathy Duncan joins ING from Suncorp, where she was executive manager superannuation. Before that, she was general manager, national distribution at Perpetual. She was also head of marketing and product ...

Climate change a real risk for investors: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
Climate change is a growing concern for the majority of investors polled in Financial Standard's latest survey. Despite investors' worry, Australia's top companies are failing to improve climate risk disclosures. Seventy-one per cent of respondents ...

Super industry wants tougher insurance code

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
Industry stakeholders expect 90% of Australia's superannuation funds to sign the Insurance in Superannuation Voluntary Code of Practice before March 31, despite its several shortcomings. ANZ, AustralianSuper, MLC, MTAA Super, REST Industry Super and ...

AIST names Governance Code panel

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2018
A former APRA general manager will chair the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees' new Governance Code Monitoring Panel. Greg Brunner has been appointed to chair the panel that will oversee the Governance Code coming into effect on July 1 ...

No room for complacency: Rowell

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
APRA will monitor trustees closely as to how they set, assess, and work towards performance goals for their superannuation fund in 2018. APRA deputy chair Helen Rowell said in Canberra recently that trustees will have to set strategic objectives, keep ...

Australian Ethical Investment executive departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
The executive officer of superannuation at Australian Ethical Investment has joined a boutique consultancy firm. After nine years with the company, Australian Ethical Investment has confirmed the departure of Meagan Birch, having joined ST Consult as ...

Chief economist update: Australia low on credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
Those still expecting the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to raise the official cash rate - even at least once this year - may have to re-think their call. For sure, economic dynamics may change sometime down the road but given the current slowing trend ...

Stellar growth for industry funds: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
The growth of industry superannuation funds significantly outpaced retail funds in the year to December 2017, latest APRA statistics show. Industry funds saw assets surge 18.3% to $589.8 billion year-on-year, largely driven by net contributions flows ...

ATO closely monitoring SMSF balance caps

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
The ATO is closely monitoring self-managed super funds (SMSF) that breach the transfer balance cap and has already issued several alerts to members close to breaching the cap. ATO deputy commissioner for superannuation James O'Halloran told the 2018 ...

Government passes BEAR reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
The Banking Executive Accountability Regime legislation was passed in the Senate yesterday. The legislation aims to incentivise good behaviour and ensure banks and individuals are held accountable for their actions if they fail to meet the expected ...