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Investment manager chair retires

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... Combet. The former Federal Government minister joined IFM's board in 2014, and is also a former Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) secretary. He is also a former director at AustralianSuper and ME bank. Weaven said IFM board members Murray Bleach ...

Industry body rejects ABA banking code

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
Australian Banking Association chief executive Anna Bligh's call for mutual banks, credit unions and building societies to adopt the ABA's new banking code of practice has been labelled "gratuitous" by an industry body which says a better code of practice ...

New code should apply to all: ABA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2018
... the entire industry, including banks that are not ABA members. According to the association, the standards between credit unions, buildings societies and others should not differ from banks, who will adopt the code in July next year. ABA chief executive ...

Failed industry fund merger laid bare at Royal Commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
... the fund had become conflicted between union interests and member interests, Wilson replied in negative. "The interest of unions and interests of members of funds are so aligned as to be indistinguishable, it's what we do," Wilson said. Earlier in ...

Bank customer trust plummets: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
... trust the big four banks. Australians are more likely to trust building societies (15%), mutual banks (17%) and credit unions (18%), it said. COBA chief executive Michael Lawrence said: "We are not surprised to see trust in credit unions, mutual banks ...

Best-in-show list addresses insurance gaps

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
... gaps in many areas including group insurance, and isn't ruling out the involvement of employers, industry funds and unions in establishing a solid best-in-show list everyone is happy with. Another issue the Commission wants to address is how insurers ...

Industry Super Australia names new CEO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
... stewardship of the campaign," he said. "More broadly, Bernie has experience working with governments, employers and trade unions and is well-known among industry super funds.

Industry stakeholders welcome PC report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018
... overarching recommendation, to take the decision for allocating the $17.5 billion in annual default funds out of the hands of unions and employers and put it into the hands of consumers deserves support in a modern, flexible workplace," she said. She ...

Industry funds call for super shortfall reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
... Australians are not sufficiently preparing for retirement. "It's time for industry, regulators, policy-makers, employers and unions to come together to discuss solutions," he said. The funds said the research indicates a design fault in the scope of ...

Brenner leaves AMP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... closing summations. More from the Royal Commission: ROYAL COMMISSION: Top stories AMP kept unsuspecting clients in the dark Unions lobby super sector to cut big bank, AMP ties Advisers react to Royal Commission revelations