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Landmark ESG recommendations for Australia

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... number of markets have recognised and supported this shift by clarifying legal obligations and setting new or higher standards for investors. Ensuring that fiduciary investors in Australia understand their responsibility to manage the risks and opportunities ...

Financial services exposed to high cyber risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... threat, while only 54.8% conduct regular cyber security risk assessments and only 51.6% have adopted cloud security standards.

Garcia to exit AIST

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
... association with impact on super and retirement income policy, trustee and fund staff education and professional industry standards." Garcia described the profit-for-member super industry as one of the most exciting and innovative areas to work in, and ...

MySuper progresses to MyRetirement

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
... we get the settings for our superannuation system right. "This is an important reform that will help lift the living standards and choices of older Australians. There are seldom other reforms that offer such large potential increases in income, without ...

Ombudsman takes on ANZ fairness role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... and NGOs. "As a first step Colin will help us establish our remediation principles so that we have a consistent set of standards we stick to when things do go wrong. He will also conduct a fairness review of our core retail deposit and credit products ...

Turnbull putting industry fund governance back on the table

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... would use 2017 to address inconsistencies in super fund governance. He suggested that at present, super fund governance standards are not applied equally across "all sectors of the superannuation industry - whether retail, corporate or industry," and ...

New product simplifies APRA reporting

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016
... institutions hard. "One of the foundational elements of mitigating cyber risk is ensuring compliance with applicable standards and guidelines. With the new Tenable APRA dashboards, organisations benefit from increased automation to manage and monitor ...

ASIC bans life insurance adviser

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
... is alleged by the regulator to have not maintained nor understood the "duties and obligations imposed on" and "high standards expected of" a provider of life insurance advice. Mohammed was said to have failed to make reasonable inquiries into clients' ...

Mercer principal joins IMCA board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
... a senior investment consultant with Willis Towers Watson, and an expert on superannuation governance and prudential standards within the firm. Newfield has also previously worked with Mercer in a number of senior consulting, actuarial and fiduciary roles. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
... 1.1% in the year to October following a 1.3% decline in the previous month. Australia new home sales Tighter lending standards, slowing wages growth and still high property prices may have finally broken the back of the Australian housing market. Latest ...