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Christian Super launches reconciliation action plan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 APR 2019
Christian Super has announced its first reconciliation action plan (RAP), demonstrating a commitment to better recognising and understanding issues faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities Christian Super chief executive Ross Piper ...

NAB needs 500 staff for remediation

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
... proceedings Chronican said: "The Introducer Program was obviously a source of considerable embarrassment to NAB in the first round of hearings of the Royal Commission." Chronican was questioned intensely by the chair, Tim Wilson, about why he was the ...

Regulators unite for life insurance transparency

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
... between Australia's financial services regulators has found about 92% of life insurance claims are successful first time round. It has also seen the development of an online comparison tool tracking the performance of life insurers. APRA has released ...

Chief economist update: Breaking up is hard to do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
... Sedaka. This song must be playing in UK prime minister Theresa May's head - it should as it did in mine - when a second round of voting in the House of Commons on her Brexit deal with the EU produced the same result - a rejection. The only consolation ...

Stamford Capital expands into Victoria

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
... means is that we have not been doing 15%-type high-yield credit deals but more like 9%-type deals with lower risk. "We had a round table with some Melbourne-based family offices recently. The sentiment is consistent that residential markets will come ...

New reforms to smash major super funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
AMP, Hostplus and ANZ OnePath will be hit hardest by the Protecting Your Super package, according to latest Rainmaker insight. More than five million superannuation accounts are set to benefit from the new legislation passed through the Senate last ...

Group insurance reforms to be tabled

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019
... Your Super package, the bulk of which was passed in the Senate last week. The measures being tabled today were lost in that round however, with changes being made to ensure the requirement for younger workers to specifically opt out of paying for life ...

Royal Commission dampens superannuation success

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
... achievements however, have been dampened by the findings of the financial services Royal Commission, which dedicated the fifth round to superannuation. WTW reflected on Australia's superannuation system with "fault lines" as a result of the Royal ...

NAB calls trading halt

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... Commissioner Kenneth Hayne criticised the leadership of chief executive Andrew Thorburn and chair Ken Henry during the final round of hearings. Hayne said he was not confident Thorburn and Henry have learned lessons of the past, referring to among other ...

Institutions respond to Royal Commission, make commitments

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2019
... report. Landing yesterday, the report was scathing in its assessment of banking executives. Commissioner Hayne said the final round of hearings - which saw chief executives and chairs of the big banks, AMP and financial services regulators APRA and ASIC ...