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Credit ratings agencies sign PRI statement

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
... links between ESG and creditworthiness. The PRI project has support from the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Inquiry and a committee of PRI signatories, which include some of the world's largest fixed income investors. PRI managing director ...

Super changes about sustainability: O'Dwyer

KELLY O'DWYER, ASSISTANT TREASURER AND MINISTER FOR SMALL BUSINESS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
... system is sustainable, flexible and has integrity. The objective of superannuation, as recommended by the Financial System Inquiry, is 'to provide income in retirement to substitute or supplement the Age Pension'. This objective, which will for the first ...

FSC releases policy priorities for next parliament

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
... parliament. Primarily, the FSC's statement concerns itself with outstanding issues highlighted in the Financial System Inquiry. Specifically, it emphasises the need for a professional framework for financial advisers and refining the recommendations ...

Retired mothers need financial help

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
... Atley, said the $38 billion fund is calling for the federal government to adopt all recommendations from the recent Senate inquiry into the Economic Security of Women in Retirement. "There's no easy fix for this problem, but adopting the recommendations ...

Financial Sector Advisory Council back in action

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... mandate to advise the federal government on regulator performance as well as its implementation of the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). The rebuilt Council will have nine members and is to be chaired by Suncorp Group chief executive Michael Cameron. It ...

Panel to review financial services complaints system

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2016
... consideration of this related issue." O'Dwyer added the review builds on the government's response to the Financial System Inquiry. The panel: Professor Ian Ramsay (chair) - A professor of commercial law at the University of Melbourne; he is a member ...

Super objective paves way for taxation changes

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... provide income in retirement to substitute or supplement the Age Pension - a view synonymous with the Financial System Inquiry recommendation. The government will tax the earnings of Transition to Retirement Income Streams in a bid to reduce the incentive ...

APRA counts life insurance losses

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
APRA has released its submission to the Senate Economics Committee on the inquiry into the scrutiny of financial advice - life insurance, claiming that the profitability of the sector is under strain. The submission argued that weak profitability has ...

Narev defends CommInsure record, wrote to five customers

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... customers recently. Referencing CBA's submission to the Senate Economics References Committee's Scrutiny of Financial Advice inquiry, Narev said in the letter that "some of the criticism of the industry, and our life insurance business CommInsure, has ...

Police super a budget beneficiary

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... permanent solution to the issue. The long-standing issue faced by NSW Police was most recently flagged in the Senate's inquiry in to economic security for women in retirement. The Police Association of New South Wales' submission said the death and disability ...