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US adviser fiduciary rule stalls

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... definition and clarity that we believe had a number of unintended consequences," Ken Bentsen, executive vice president of public policy and advocacy at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, told the New York Times. Problems surfaced ...

FOFA levels playing field: ANZ Wealth

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2011
... superannuation that will unite the wealth management industry and force different players to work together. "These big public policy areas will ultimately unite everyone, even the industry funds and retail sector agree super is important. We have to ...

Cost of living outpacing retirement incomes

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... pinch with the largest increase in prices followed by Sydney and Adelaide. "This should help the Government set public policy products for this demographic."

Du Pre-Alba jumps from ASFA to AustSuper

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
... recommendations relating to the strategic implications of current and potential superannuation and other relevant public policy developments. She will continue to work with the industry organisations of which AustralianSuper is a member. "As a long-term ...

Insurance bodies tackle longevity risk

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... rising demand for products that do provide long term care or a way to manage longevity risk. "Currently there is a public policy debate about how you make those products and also on how you shift the onus from state to individual in an equitable way," ...

Super fund signals future role in govt policy

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... lead the development of AustralianSuper positions on policy issues on an external front, while also influencing public policy in the interest of its members. "AustralianSuper is widely recognised as a leading superannuation fund. We see this leadership ...

ASFA gains new strategy director

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... treasury." Vamos said the role was crucial. "Bringing both the Government and the Coalition together to create sound public policy in the interests of fund members is vital," she said. Noble, who follows in his grandmother's footsteps as an ardent Carlton ...

Opposition slams opt-in policy

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
... clients should have the right to set their own terms of engagement. Describing opt-in as "really bad, heavy-handed public policy", Rantall noted that no other profession employs an obligatory opt-in policy and called for the 'best interest' approach ...

FPA slams industry fund 'one track agenda'

ELISE BURGESS, ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... savings and retirement outcomes for Australians while limiting access to financial advice "The opt-in proposal is bad public policy that will harm more Australians than it will benefit," said FPA chief executive Mark Rantall. The FPA's sharp rebuke of ...

TOWER, CommInsure tie as top insurers

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... hat trick in the income stream categories, winning three of the four awards. "I think it is refreshing to see the public policy debates acknowledge the importance of not only our chronic underinsurance in a life risk sense but also in a longevity sense," ...