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Admin fees could balloon from BFID

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2021
... in the proposed legislation. Following conversations with Treasury, the Australian Council of Trade Unions assistant secretary Scott Connelly said department officials have confirmed that dividend payments are not included in the best financial interests ...

MetLife appoints former Premier

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
... set to take on the new role at MetLife leaving his previous position at the FSU where he was the assistant national secretary for close to four years. Rees brings over 25 years of experience in politics, including as former Labor leader and Premier of ...

Women hit hardest by pandemic

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2021
... who were unable to work from home, 88% of women worked in customer-facing roles compared to 64% of men. FSU national secretary Julia Angrisano said a greater proportion of casual workers in the finance industry are women - 67% compared to 56% in all ...

First Super adds to board

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2021
... board as a member representative director. Pavey has worked for Australian paper since 2002 and is currently the on-site secretary of the Maryvale sub-branch of the Construction Forestry Maritime Mining and Energy Union (CFMMEU) Pulp & Paper Workers ...

BOQ acquires ME Bank

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
... to the point where it has become an attractive acquisition for a retail bank like Bank of Queensland," FSU national secretary Julia Angrisano said. "It is important that the new owners recognise that while they are buying the trusted ME brand, the bank's ...

AFCA chair under fire

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
... Victims of Financial Fraud (VOFF) group, which is unsatisfied with Coonan's position at the authority. VOFF and its secretary John Telford take serious issue with Coonan chairing AFCA and Crown. Given that Crown has been found to have essentially ...

The trouble with best financial interests duty

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2021
... trustees spend members' money - justifying what is essential and non-essential expenditure. Scott Connolly, assistant secretary of the ACTU, said that there is a specific exclusion of dividend payments to parent companies from being required to comply ...

Chief economist update: The US inflation dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
"Anything worth doing is worth overdoing. Moderation is for cowards." - Shane Patton Did current US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (under Biden's administration) just call former US Secretary Lawrence Summers (under Clinton's) a coward? I refer of ...

AMP Bank boss exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
... Frazis. Nicholas Allton, a former MLC and Macquarie Group executive, was named as the group general counsel and company secretary. He was at MLC for over a year working in a role in a similar capacity. Danielle Keighery also joined as chief customer ...

Chief economist update: USA Inc is under new management

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
... rates soon unless it foresees rising inflation or imbalances in the economy. In her confirmation hearing, US Treasury Secretary nominee Janet Yellen declared that with interest rates at historic lows, the smartest thing is to "act big" on COVID-19 relief ...