Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 121 - 130 of 1014 results for "Assistant"

Interest rate cut may not come until 2025, experts warn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
... progress with core inflation before cutting official rates," Robertson said. Harry Murphy Cruise, Moody's Analytics assistant director and economist, said at the very earliest, the RBA won't loosen monetary policy settings until September. "The ...

Super on unpaid parental leave extended in Western Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
The Western Australian government will extend the payment of superannuation on unpaid parental leave to up to 24 weeks from 1 July 2024 for all WA public sector employees. The initiative is expected to cost up to $46 million over the next four years ...

Coalition appoints shadow assistant treasurer, financial services minister

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2024
The Liberal Party appointed a new shadow assistant treasurer and shadow minister for financial services in Luke Howarth, while Andrew Bragg takes on the portfolio of home ownership. Opposition leader Peter Dutton unveiled a shakeup of his frontbench ...

Vanguard chief executive Tim Buckley to retire

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... continuing to deliver for our investor-owners," he said. Buckley joined Vanguard in 1991 as founder John Bogle's research assistant. He ascended to the senior leadership team in 2001 as head of the information technology division. Buckley then spearheaded ...

RBA appoints operations chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
... officer who will take up the newly created role on March 4. Susan Woods has been appointed to the post. She has been the assistant governor for corporate services at the RBA since 2018, responsible for information technology and workplace, and the enterprise ...

Jo-Anne Bloch to chair CSLR

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
... victims of financial services misconduct access to redress and compensation. Bloch, who was independently appointed by assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones, will serve in the role for an initial term of three years. She ...

Super funds convene with assistant treasurer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
Representatives from the Super Members Council (SMC) met with assistant treasurer Stephen Jones to explore strategies for bolstering customer service. Industry super funds, in collaboration with the SMC, initiated a roundtable discussion last week with ...

Super funds in pole position for expanded advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... these] because they have not historically done it," she told last week's SMSF Association Conference. Last year, assistant treasurer Stephen Jones said that superannuation's highly regulated framework makes it the ideal context to make advice ...

New life insurance regulations rolled out

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
Assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones has issued life insurance regulations that aim to modernise the legislative framework. The Life Insurance Regulations 2024 establishes a threshold for annuities, dictating that the ...

Reforms will strengthen retirement advice: Experts

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... the system" as there are some five million SMSF members who have unmet advice needs that they can tend to. Last year, assistant treasurer Stephen Jones revealed the first two tranches of the QAR reforms. The second phase proposes opening financial advice ...