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AMP director retires

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
... Harmos has served on the AMP Limited board since 2017, as well as the boards of AMP Life and The National Mutual Life Association of Australiasia since mid-2013. He currently serves as a director at Scentre Group, and Harmos Horton Lusk (a corporate ...

Australia to lean on super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
... products" by 50% for the rest of this financial year and 2020-21. The announcement comes after Financial Planning Association of Australia chief executive Dante De Gori called for the government to reduce the annual minimum payment amount for superannuation ...

FPA advocates for reduced pension minimums

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
The Financial Planning Association of Australia is keeping itself busy amid COVID-19 uncertainty, with chief executive Dante De Gori urging the government to consider moves to ease the pressure on retirees, just weeks after he had an audience with the ...

Banks defer small business loan repayments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
The Australian Banking Association (ABA) has announced banks will defer loan repayments for six months for small business, as the nation introduces measures to combat the impact of COVID-19. The ABA said the move is designed to combat unemployment and ...

Major industry events cancelled amid pandemic

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... postpone the event in order to protect the health and wellbeing of our attendees," Class said. The Responsible Investment Association of Australasia's conference slated for March 17-18 was also postponed.

ScoMo launches $17b stimulus package

ALLY SELBY, ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... this virus almost every day and we've responded to that information." The news comes as the Australian Banking Association (ABA) announced it is ready to face the challenge of COVID-19 and will assist customers. ABA chair and Commonwealth Bank chief ...

Formalising feedback creates trust: HBL Mann Judd

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... firms need to better accept feedback from their clients, according to HBL Mann Judd. HBL Mann Judd's Australasian association chair Tony Fittler said accepting feedback is necessary if firms want to institute consistent service across the breadth of ...

Stopping SG is nuclear response to COVID-19

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... to the coronavirus pandemic that pausing superannuation contributions would stimulate the economy have been panned. Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Martin Fahy was blunt in his assessment of the situation. "These are ...

SMSF Association chair gets new gig

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
The chair of the SMSF Association has joined a technical specialist to lead its growth plans. Self-managed superannuation technical specialist Heffron has appointed Andrew Hamilton as director of strategy and growth. Hamilton is currently chair of the ...

Mercer chief executive to step down

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... superannuation Jo-Anne Bloch will step into Walsh's vacant role in the interim, with the former Financial Planning Association of Australia chief executive to begin her new role on April 30. Bloch will also succeed Walsh as Mercer's Pacific zone leader. ...