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Farewell TelstraSuper: Largest corporate fund explores merger options

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024
... late 2025. It said it is "currently in a strong and healthy position," citing positive net member growth, high member advocacy, and a growing retiree cohort.

Brighter Super to close socially responsible options

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2024
... governance of carbon emissions, across all our investment options," it added. "More generally, we are increasing our advocacy with companies regarding their own contributions in this space. This is a positive step forward for Brighter Super." The fund ...

FSC expands financial advice membership

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
... have this opportunity to appoint directors from the financial advice sector to deepen our engagement and strengthen our advocacy on advice issues." WT Financial Group managing director Keith Cullen and Fortnum Financial Group managing director and group ...

ASFA appoints new policy head

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2024
... Funds of Australia (ASFA) has announced the appointment of James Koval to the newly created role of head of policy and advocacy, effective immediately. ASFA chief executive Mary Delahunty said she was delighted to welcome Koval to the ASFA team. "James' ...

Majority comply with IDR reporting: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024
... meeting this requirement," the regulator said. Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) general manager policy of advocacy Phil Anderson told a recent Financial Standard podcast that the IDR is "simply a matter of populating a spreadsheet that details ...

Aware Super appoints member strategy lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024
... of staff and group executive for Victoria, Karina McPhee will lead a newly created communications, public affairs, and advocacy team, in addition to her current responsibilities. Group executive for finance, strategy, and transformation Tim Elliot will ...

Teals will push for super tax indexation: Burgess

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... has had productive conversations with certain Teal independents who had been "very supportive and sympathetic" to its advocacy efforts in opposing the Treasury Laws Amendment (Better Targeted Superannuation Concessions and Other Measures) Bill. The Bill ...

SIX launches share platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2024
... building is that it allows people to play to their strength," Verwey said. "NGOs have an appetite for running shareholder advocacy campaigns, they just haven't had the resources to run them. "NGOs can focus on the pointy end of the campaigning. By ...

ASIC chases 757 adviser registrations

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2024
... an offence of strict liability and contravened a civil penalty provision. Phil Anderson, the general manager policy of advocacy and standards at the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA), told a recent Financial Standard podcast that the most ...

Aware Super restructures executive team

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2024
... staff and group executive for Victoria, Karina McPhee, will lead a newly created communications, public affairs, and advocacy team, in addition to her current responsibilities. The fund also confirmed that long-standing group executive for finance, strategy ...
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