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FAAA expands policy team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
The peak body for financial advisers has hired a policy and advocacy manager. Financial Advice Association Australia has appointed David Barrett to the newly created role, effective 24 March 2025. Based in Sydney, Barrett reports to the general manager ...

Payday super on track, but so is the $3m super tax

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... 2026, with Budget papers reaffirming the timetable and a MYEFO investment of $404 million to meet it. The Super Members Council (SMC) said the government should use $500 million a year from the super tax windfall to strengthen retirement for low-income ...

Tranche 2 of DBFO dumps SOAs, enables 'nudges'

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... engagement and lead to better outcomes for more members up to and throughout retirement." Also commenting, Financial Services Council chief executive Blake Briggs said: "Layers of red tape and onerous regulation has meant that financial advice now costs ...

Canada pension fund hires ex-CalPERS CIO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... deputy chief investment officer at the $3.2 trillion foreign exchange reserve. He is currently a member of the ESG Advisory Council of Novata, a company that empowers the collection, analysis, benchmarking and reporting of ESG data in private markets ...

CEFC funds sustainable real estate credit projects

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
... carbon is the emissions associated with the construction and ongoing maintenance of a building. The World Green Building Council estimates that between 2020 and 2050 embodied carbon will be responsible for close to half of all new construction emissions. ...

Government releases draft payday super law

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
... The government has opened consultation on the draft legislation, with submissions closing next month. The Super Members Council (SMC) said payday super laws "will be a gamechanger." SMC chief executive Misha Schubert said the payday super laws will make ...

NZ council seeks investment manager partner

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
Napier City Council in New Zealand is seeking an investment manager to construct and manage property assets that can grow up to NZ$50 million. Napier City Council, located on the eastern coast of the North Island, put forth a registration of interest ...

Sandi Orleow joins ECP board

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... Pengana International Equities, Sydney Financial Forum, Active Super, ACT Treasury and chairs the Australian CFA Diversity Council. "Sandi has a passion for innovation, diversity and inclusion. Her involvement and active engagement with professional ...

Treasury responds to CHESS replacement inquiry

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
... to make rules to facilitate competition or fair provision of monopoly clearing and settlement services in line with the Council of Financial Regulators' recommendations. The second being that the government progress the Financial Market Infrastructure ...

Annuities' capital settings due for change: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
... and resilient economy. Most importantly, it will provide more Australians with financial confidence in retirement." The Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) chief executive Christine Cupitt commented that with Australians living longer, they are ...