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US fiduciary reforms will rock pension funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... authority overseeing occupational retirement funds subject to the ERISA legislation. Lisa Bleier, managing director for public policy and advocacy at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), said in a statement released by the ...

Industry bodies must avoid duplicating work: ASFA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2014
... the often heated disagreements between the industry fund and retail fund sectors. "We are the hedge. We must set public policy in the best interest of fund members. That's our job." She said particular sectors may want to pursue their interests through ...

Cormann to keep up the FoFA fight

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... in place to continue the conversation and obviously the Government will continue to make the case as to why good public policy reform in this area is important in the public interest and in the consumers interests." Last night Labor was successful in ...

FoFA disallowance could put industry into breach of law

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... all of these changes will disappear without notice whatsoever." In reference to Lambie's move, Cormann noted that "public policy is getting caught up in internal party in-fighting." Labor Senator Sam Dastiary argued that "this is an important, timely ...

IOSCO updates FinLit framework

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... ambiguity over the term "investor education" and "financial literacy" leading to the constant A re-interpretation of public policy on these matters. "Financial literacy generally relates to all aspects of a person's financial situation and can include ...

AFA appoints chief commercial officer

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... widening spheres of influence and reputation as the association of choice for advisers." "I have a high conviction for public policy and am looking forward to working in a position of influence with a professional association whose core purpose is to ...

ACCI calls for end to super in awards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... employer groups who sit on their boards. ACCI chief operating officer John Osborn said: "There is no defensible public policy reason why the Fair Work Commission should add an unnecessary and duplicative layer of red tape to superannuation or limit the ...

Integrate next-gen insurance policies into NDIS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
Life insurance isn't yet seen as part of the national public policy framework for solving Australia's disability and healthcare challenges but maybe it should be. That was the question posed by FSC chief economist James Bond to a panel of insurance ...

Australia at heart of new Asia-centric world order

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... will put Asia at the centre of a new world order. That is the opinion of the dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore and former Singapore Ambassador to the UN and President of the UN Security Council. ...

Vision Super appoints first independent director

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... independent trustees rule, Rowe was circumspect: "I haven't got a view on the rights or wrongs of it. We'll just wait for public policy to come out."