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Up close and personal: Women in financial services

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
... create more of these apprenticeships and bring young people to undertake great training programs," she says. Keep reading. Helen Coonan, chair, Australian Financial Complaints Authority If for some reason Helen Coonan was to type out a resume and list ...

ASIC seeks new default super partner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... proposals is 8 February 2019, with the final decision to be made by ASIC senior executive leader, people and development Helen O'Loughlin.

Principal appoints Australian country head

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
... appointed a new country head for its $4.5 billion Australian business. Principal Global Investors Australia is welcoming Helen de Mestre in the top job. Mestre was previously a managing director, leading relationship management at the firm. She steps ...

APRA, ASIC welcome Productivity Commission's superannuation report

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... additional powers to force superannuation funds to merge or wind up when it saw fit. The prudential regulator's deputy chair Helen Rowell said the superannuation industry posed challenges for all stakeholders - regulators included - but pointed to recent ...

TAL and Zurich lead inflows, CommInsure lags: Strategic Insights

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... and delaying the process. CommInsure and the executive general manager of its subsidiary Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Helen Troup accepted it misled FOS in the case of one claimant who suffered from a heart attack. It also made inappropriate challenges ...

APRA unveils new prudential measures

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2018
... benchmark and evaluate their performance in delivering sound, value-for-money outcomes to all members. APRA deputy chair Helen Rowell said: "These changes to the prudential framework set a higher bar for RSE licensees by requiring a robust assessment ...

APRA takes action against IOOF

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... would further consider the allegations raised by APRA. After seeking to solve the issues over several years, APRA chair Helen Rowell said the regulator considered it necessary to take stronger action against IOOF. "APRA's efforts to resolve its concerns ...

AFCA receives 500 super complaints in first month

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2018
... followed by general insurers (1159) and credit providers (1040). Recently profiled in Financial Standard, the authority's chair Helen Coonan said her goal with AFCA was to establish a "real game changer" in financial services. "One that provides not ...

AFCA creates small businesses ombudsman role

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... complaints from small businesses with less than 100 employees and a credit facility of up to $5 million. AFCA independent chair Helen Coonan said small businesses will also benefit from an increased compensation cap from $323,500 to $1 million, while ...

Pension lessons from around the world

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
... compulsion and is proving all the better for it. Addressing delegates at the 2018 ASFA Conference, NEST chief executive Helen Dean said compulsion is intellectually attractive but could potentially prove problematic in the long-term. "The main reason ...