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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," ...

Super stoush over opt-in scheme

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... prompt for consumers," he said. But John Brogden, chief executive, FSC, called the annual opt-in requirement "bad public policy" in a speech on the future of financial advice in Sydney on Friday. The council has developed an alternative framework, offering ...

More voice needed in policy debate: AustralianSuper

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... elements what that means for the industry's role in policy debate - one is that [we] increase in any way we can, public policy contributions on climate change, gender representation, some of the more obvious areas where there's opportunity to increase ...

Moving forward with Gillard

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
... Association of Superannuation Funds, Australia (ASFA) "We urge an immediate implementation of several key aspects of public policy to address the retirement savings gap and increase the Superannuation Guarantee from nine to 12 percent," she continued. ...

HESTA hires Hermes for intl ESG

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
... said. More than 20 other institutional investors worldwide use Hermes EOS to assist them with voting, engagement and public policy in their equity investments. Globally, BAE Systems pension funds, Marks & Spencer pension fund, Unipension and Highland ...

ETS collapse threatens ESG

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... managing director at Regnan Governance Research and Engagement, said the sector's inability to respond to changing public policy settings and consumer backlash following the failure of the Copenhagen talks and Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's ETS legislation ...

Super has no competition, no innovation: ISN

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
... Whiteley was commenting on new research released by ISN in their Supernomics report that attempts to integrate the public policy issues confronting the super funds industry. Central to the report's findings are consumer surveys, commissioned by ISN and ...

Public policy to reshape investment risk: PIMCO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
Public policy will wield a bigger hand in portfolio construction as governments play a more interventionist role in financial markets, a leading fixed income expert warned. Mohamed El-Erian, chief executive officer and co-chief investment officer at ...

Howes appointed CEO of IAA

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
... particular focus on superannuation and the education function. "The opportunities and responsibility to contribute to public policy debate have never been greater or more important as the impacts of the global financial crisis are addressed at home and ...