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Super gets an insider in ministry reshuffle

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
... Australia with much needed reform capability and sector stability," Loane said. "Recommendations from the Hayne Royal Commission show the sector requires strong leadership and a mandate for focused reform throughout the entire Parliamentary term. "The ...

Advice and accounting align post-Royal Commission: CountPlus

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
... with the professional norms of the accounting industry. Trust in financial advisers took a hit after the Hayne Royal Commission, with just 41.2% of Australians surveyed believing an adviser will likely act in their best interest. Meanwhile, 82.3% of ...

Industry super fund appoints new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019
... just for the fund but for the superannuation sector generally, given the changes taking effect from the Hayne Royal Commission and other industry and government initiatives. "With its ethical and professional approach to serving members and employers ...

ESG enthusiasm booms post-Royal Commission

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... ensuring companies are acting responsibly to mitigate risk, after the publicity around issues such as the Hayne Royal Commission. In the Royal Commission the focus was on 'community standards' as much as the regulations," Cottier said. "In part, it is ...

Institutions fail to adequately manage social risk

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
... sustainability of an institution, but Australia's financial institutions are failing to measure this. The Hayne Royal Commission excoriated many of Australia's largest financial institutions for treatment of customers and failure to meet community expectations. ...

NFP super funds rise to occasion post-Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
While industry funds emerged largely unscathed from the Hayne Royal Commission, it is more critical than ever for not-for-profit funds to be exemplary in terms of practices and performance. This was a key message at this year's Conference of Major Super ...

Equipsuper boosts digital and member experience teams

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2019
... in its corporate superannuation business - which has seen a "substantial increase in activity" since the Hayne Royal Commission and via discussions about future mergers. In the last two years, Equip has enhanced its capacity to invest in high-calibre ...

New ASX governance principles target culture

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
... been dropped and replaced with references to community standing and so on, which takes guidance from the Hayne Royal Commission and applied broadly to ASX companies, he added. While the principles are not mandatory, the ASX Corporate Governance Council ...

Chief economist update: Wrong way, go down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
... political uncertainty owing to the upcoming Federal elections and also, the still ongoing fallout from the Hayne Royal Commission. And these, even before Westpac chief economist Bill Evans made it known to the world that he's changed his RBA rate ...

AFCA appoints new ombudsman

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... ombudsman David Locke said: "AFCA recognises the importance of small businesses and the final report from the Hayne Royal Commission clearly demonstrates how devastating it can be when they have financial disputes that are not fairly resolved." "Geoff ...