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Superannuation Guarantee continues to fail employees: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
... potential $145 billion deficit across their working life. Mercer Australia industry fund and public sector leader Jo-Anne Bloch said the report highlighted major problems with the compulsory superannuation scheme that fails to keep pace with the changing ...

Mercer vet takes reins at former Pillar offices

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2017
Mercer has appointed a new leader for Mercer Wollongong, formerly Pillar Administration. Jo-Anne Bloch takes on the role having previously been partner and team leader at Mercer's Innovation Hub in the US. Before that, she was Mercer's financial advice ...

Mercer appoints acting CIO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
... finance, transformation, strategy execution, client relationships and growth. The firm has also welcomed the return of Jo-Anne Bloch and Nick White. Bloch has spent the last three years as a partner and team leader of the Global Innovation Hub in Mercer's ...

Pinnacle director departs after Wilson acquisition

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016
... business for Australia and New Zealand, an ex-director at ABC, the Australian Ballet and Channel Ten and a partner at Arnold Bloch Leibler. Skala's departure follows the news that Wilson Group completed its acquisition of Pinnacle on August 25; the group ...

Robo advice questions still unanswered

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... unanswered. At a recent Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) forum, Mercer Innovation Hub leader Jo-Anne Bloch said robo advice makes sense from a company's cost reduction point of view but more work needs to be done to reach wide ...

Bank super incentives 'unlawful': ISA

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... the body representing 15 industry super funds, which has sought legal advice on the subject from Sydney-based firm Arnold Bloch Leibler. Furthermore, ISA said that those that breach the law by offering inducements could go unpunished. "The law (SIS Act ...

FoFA amendments will reduce quality of advice: lawyer

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... financial advice", according to legal advice obtained by Industry Super Australia (ISA). The advice from law firm Arnold Bloch Leibler, the second piece to be obtained by ISA, advises that removing a 'catch all' definition of 'client best interest duty' ...

Sinodinos holds strong on FoFA regs despite legal concerns

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
... that the regulations will be backed by legislation." The Assistant Treasurer made this statement after the law firm Arnold Bloch Leibler and Industry Super Australia (ISA) said that the amendments to the legislation could be "invalid" and "susceptible ...

Lawyer questions legality of FoFA amendments

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
... "susceptible to challenge in the courts" if they are pushed through via regulatory change rather than legislation, law firm Arnold Bloch Leibler has said. The legal advice was sought out by Industry Super Australia (ISA), which has been one the most ...

AustralianSuper threatens to sue the Future Fund

STAFF REPORTER  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... Australian Financial Review reported that it had obtained a letter, sent on Monday on AustralianSuper's behalf by law firm Arnold Bloch Leibler, threatening legal action against both the Future Fund and Hastings Funds Management Limited (HFML). AustralianSuper ...