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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 ...

AustralianSuper to deploy £8 billion in the UK

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024
... focused on effective stewardship to generate sustainable returns for more than 3.3 million members," he said. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said AustralianSuper's investment in the UK is a vote of confidence in the British economy. "We've already ...

Jo-Anne Bloch to chair CSLR

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
... 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 will be joining recently ...

Super funds convene with assistant treasurer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... focusing on how the government could expedite the process for insurance claims and death benefits. They also briefed the minister on new initiatives by super funds to improve service delivery. "The entire super industry is deeply committed to ensuring ...

QIC names next chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... Rampa. "I immensely thank our shareholding ministers - the premier of Queensland and the deputy premier, treasurer and minister for trade and investment, my fellow board members, and the QIC team, for their support and contributions while I have been ...

New chair for NZ Super Fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... we are working for. That is a responsibility we take very seriously," Williamson said. Meantime, New Zealand finance minister Nicola Willis said of Drayton: "During her time as chair, the NZ Super Fund continued to outperform its long-term investment ...

Super tax is a 'wealth tax': Taylor

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... for a farmer or a small business owner than a public servant, a judge, a politician, including, might I say, the prime minister himself and the secretary of treasury," Taylor said. "For those lucky enough to have a defined benefit scheme, they will enjoy ...

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 ...

Aware Super, ART hire member service heads

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024
... he added. These appointments come as super funds brace for heightened scrutiny on customer service. Financial services minister Stephen Jones has called customer service unresponsive, slow and not member-focused. Complaints are mounting. Most funds are ...

Greg Combet to succeed Peter Costello as Future Fund chair

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024
... roles in Australia's most important economic and financial institutions," Chalmers said. Chalmers added that he and minister for finance Katy Gallagher dedicated considerable time, thought, and consultation in procuring an optimal blend of skills ...