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AIA Australia spearheads mental health law reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... One-third of all claims from this age group related to mental health, he added. "While awareness has certainly increased, as a society we have not yet removed the stigma around mental health issues. There is still a long way to go for people to feel ...

WAM Capital founding director resigns

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
... has appointed Philippa Ryan, who currently serves as a board member at Lander & Rogers and is a lecturer at the Faculty of Law at UTS. She is also an industry advisory board member at the Australian Digital Currency Association and deputy chair of the ...

Institutions urged to overhaul outdated risk management practices

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
... freely criticised the banks, subjected them to intense parliamentary scrutiny, and has announced its intention to impose new law on accountability and remuneration. And now after much political battle, there is to be a Royal Commission into misconduct ...

Companies must clarify purpose: Fink

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... development, innovation, and capital expenditures that are necessary for long-term growth," he wrote. Referencing recent tax law reforms in the US, Fink said: "The US tax bill is only one such example - regardless of a company's jurisdiction, it is your ...

China industrial profits surge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2017
... reads. "The Four-Pronged Comprehensive Strategy refers to building a moderately prosperous society, deepening reform, advancing law-based governance and strengthening Party self-governance." Digging down into these motherhood statements, we already know ...

Financial services given hand to protect seniors

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
... Wealth chief executive Anne McGowan said the programs are suitable for financial institutions, banks, financial planners, law firms, aged care facilities, government departments, support services, or "anyone who helps seniors manage their financial arrangements." ...

Failure to monitor ESG may breach fiduciary duty

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... change has on their portfolios. The Supreme Court held on 18 May 2015 that trustees have a fiduciary duty, emanating from trust law, to timely and continually monitor fund investments and to remove imprudent ones. Commenting on the ruling, Jay Youngdahl ...

Legalsuper appoints SA client service manager

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... is pleased to already support the South Australian legal community as a sponsor of the CPD Conference Series of the Law Society of South Australia and national corporate partner of the Australasian Legal Practice Management Association (ALPMA)." Legalsuper's ...

Employers must do more to promote ethical culture

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... not be enough to promote an ethical financial services industry which engenders trust, according to CFA Institute. CFA Society president Anthony Serhan said while reforms such as Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) have improved transparency, policy makers ...

In the archives: Mavis Robertson on the importance of more women on boards

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... after the roundtable and the two-part article series. In the summer of 2003, the Norwegian government introduced an unlikely law: it called on all publicly listed companies and state-owned companies to have a gender quota of at least 40 per cent women ...