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Australians demand SG increase: ISA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
... protected. "Any attempt to wind back the scheduled increase or undermine compulsory contributions would fly in the face of community sentiment." Last week, the government revealed it would not set a boundary for its upcoming retirement income review ...

Julie Bishop headlines AFA conference

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
... also offers delegates the opportunity to network with their peers from all over Australia and experience the unique community aspect of the AFA." Financial Standard is the official media partner for the 2019 AFA Conference to be held in Adelaide on August ...

First State Super, VicSuper merger talks progress

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
... strengths of the funds and makes sense given the similarities between their memberships; largely comprised of education, community services and health workers. The similarities are also reflected in the numbers. As at May 31, the average accumulation ...

AFA expands support for paraplanners

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2019
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) launched a new community of practice for paraplanners. AFA Pulse has been designed as an online community, launched with a Facebook page. Any AFA members who are paraplanners or looking to move into paraplanning ...

NAB names new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
... our many stakeholders," he said. "It is essential that I protect and accelerate the bank's transformation program. The community also expects a higher level of accountability and transparency from the banking industry. Australians deserve NAB to be a ...

APRA endorses review recommendations

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
... said. "APRA will continue to focus on its primary responsibility to protect the financial well-being of the Australian community as it implements the changes that have been recommended and those APRA already has underway."

Managed investment scheme operator AFSL canned

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... This duty of loyalty has been described as the 'most fundamental' rule of trust law." She explained that there is a community expectation that responsible entities will fully comply with best interest duty and ASIC is prepared to take legal action wherever ...

New strategic advisory lead at Willis Towers Watson

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
... for assisting asset owners. "Strategic advisory is particularly relevant in the context of the evolving asset owner community in Australia," Goss said. "As the funds and their internal teams merge and grow we are able to help them on their evolution ...

Chief economist update: Hard target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
... employment target just got a little harder to meet. Recall that in his speech at the RBA board dinner with the business community on June 4 - the night after the afternoon when the central bank announced its first rate cut since August 2016 - governor ...

World leaders back impact investing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
... investments towards developing countries and fragile economies. "We support the ongoing efforts of the international community to define a common framework for measuring impact investing based on the work done by members of the Impact Management Project." ...