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Executive pay structure still fuels risk-taking: APRA

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
Australia's largest financial institutions still remunerate senior executives in a way that encourages risk-taking and undermines long-term financial health - but RSE licensees may be doing a better job than their peers, APRA said today. The findings ...

PwC urges super trustees to fast-track GDPR compliance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
Superannuation trustees unprepared for the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) regime must fast-track the necessary steps to comply with new, stringent privacy laws, PwC warns. Taking effect on 25 May 2018, GDPR applies to any ...

MGP partners with advice firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2018
... applying for a MDA license. "Managed Accounts Holdings can deliver a fully outsourced and integrated MDA compliance framework. Additionally, our independent open architecture business model and the ability and appetite for firms to control their own ...

Milliman hires for greater adviser exposure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
A former head of adviser solutions at Morningstar Australasia is taking on a newly created role at Milliman. Andrew Whelan has been appointed as director, adviser services at the actuarial firm. He will be responsible for spearheading the development ...

FSC proposes genetics and insurance council

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... policymakers, geneticists, health professionals, life insurance industry representatives and other stakeholders to set a framework to determine how genetics and life insurance should interact in the best interest of consumers. Similar to the mental health ...

ING appoints head of wealth from Suncorp

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2018
... calculating regulatory capital requirements." The regulator began consultation with ADIs on revisions to its capital framework in February. These revisions included lowering risk weights for LVR mortgage loans; increasing risk weights for interest-only ...

TAL named top life insurer for 2017

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
... beginning to adjust their support for the different companies, during the implementation stages of the Life Insurance Framework," he said. Other winners on the night included: Term Life/TPD Product of the Year - Zurich (Death Cover) Risk Production Innovation ...

Responding to the revolution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2018
... are at risk of having no super whatsoever, he said. As such, superannuation funds must take the lead in developing a framework for the future. "A lot of people resolve themselves to the fact that change is going to happen and there's nothing we can do ...

AIST names Governance Code panel

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2018
... the $1.2 trillion industry super sector, as well as the understanding of how the code relates to the wider regulatory framework, AIST chief executive Eva Scheerlinck said. The code comprises 21 requirements that member funds must report against annually ...

Regulatory disruption hampers long-term vision for super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
Superannuation industry professionals must maintain focus on achieving the best outcomes for members, despite the seeming lack of long-term vision for the future of the $2.6 trillion system. That was the message delivered by Australian Institute of ...