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Down but not out: Busting defined benefit myths

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
... cannot be altered. This adds security for members, given that insurers operate under strict actuarial and regulatory standards, which offer more protection than if the liabilities remain with the original corporate sponsor, she said. In contrast, if ...

Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
... the Australian public as a fait accompli." "My first point of critique of AUKUS is that its genesis did not meet the standards that we, the Australian public, have every right to expect in a healthy liberal democracy," he told a recent UTS panel discussion ...

Insignia Financial to trial four-day work week

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2024
... important to our members and employers should be aware as they prepare offers that these clauses will become industry standards."

FAAA announces 2024 awards finalists

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024
... Association Australia (FAAA) unveiled the finalists for this year's awards as it recognises members who exhibit the highest standards and professionalism. This is the second year the awards take place following the merger of the Financial Planning Association ...

RQI Investors promotes three staffers

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2024
... and the University of Technology, she is a member of ITCG, the expert group that advises the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the International Sustainability Standards Board on their digital taxonomies. As for Guido, RQI said he now ...

ASIC crackdown: Action taken against 13 SMSF auditors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2024
... superannuation fund (SMSF) auditors. ASIC's concerns covered a range of topics, including breaches of auditing and assurance standards, independence requirements, continuing professional development obligations, or for not being a fit and proper person ...

HESTA snags AMP head of compliance

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024
... with the HESTA team to further enhance HESTA's compliance capabilities and ensure we continue to uphold the highest standards," he said. Pietsch is based in Melbourne for the role.

Labor delivers another budget surplus, but productivity stalls

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024
... Robson said. "Increasing productivity is still the surest path to sustainable increases in real wages and higher living standards." The report noted that while our overall productivity performance has reverted to pre-pandemic levels, the macroeconomic ...

ASX hunts new chief risk officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2024
... of significant change and progress, including continued uplift in risk management practices to meet evolving global standards." She said that Treleaven was especially instrumental in ensuring the ASX's operational resilience through the pandemic. He ...

Inquiry urges government to consider paid reproductive leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
... reproductive leave policies in Australia and overseas with consideration to introducing it in the National Employment Standards. Modelling by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) estimates menopause is costing Australian women about ...