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Asset consultant expands capital markets team

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
A former representative of the Reserve Bank of Australia at the G20 Investment and Infrastructure Working Group recently joined an asset consultant with more than $300 billion in funds under advice. Frontier Advisors appointed Philip Naylor to its capital ...

Church threatens to dump $21bn of fossil fuels

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2018
... England's parliament voted 347 to four in favour of the decision, with three voters abstaining. Its environmental working group proposed the amendment, asking the Church's investment bodies to assess companies' progress by 2023. It wants ...

Default life insurance reforms ineffective: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
... accounts, AIA Australia said the Government can eliminate these via measures outlined by the Insurance in Superannuation Working Group Voluntary Code of Practice. "By adopting new measures on inactive accounts, the government will achieve two-thirds ...

"Collegiality" hinders appointments of female executives

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... push launched earlier this month and as it approaches its two-year anniversary in May, 30% Club's executive search working group will help with female board appointments while its investors working group will apply pressure through their channels. Female ...

Industry fund signs super code, slashes premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2018
... planning long before it was released. "We have committed significant resources to the Insurance in Superannuation Working Group, which was responsible for the development of the Insurance in Superannuation Voluntary Code of Practice, so we had clear ...

O'Dwyer flags government intervention on insurance in super code

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
... binding on trustees means that industry-led solutions will not be realised." She added that the Insurance in Super Working Group, the taskforce behind the code, "has not always worked particularly well in providing government with feedback and interaction." ...

Successful implementation of super code critical

STEPHEN FAY, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2018
... March 30 to indicate whether they will adopt the code, with former chair of the Insurance in Superannuation Industry Working Group, Jim Minto saying that while it is voluntary and there will be no overarching compliance monitoring market pressure will ...

AIST names Governance Code panel

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2018
... July 1 for all AIST members. While with the prudential regulator, Brunner served as chair of its Superannuation Working Group from 2010 to 2015. He has also previously worked for the World Bank and the Reserve Bank of Australia. Brunner will be joined ...

No room for complacency: Rowell

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
... assessments are also likely to vary," Rowell said. She also encouraged members to sign up to the Insurance in Super Working Group Code of Practice but said there was room for improvement including clearer definitions for disability insurance, tackling ...

ANZ adopts life insurance code

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2018
... and decreasing when they will less likely need it, he said. ANZ has worked with the Insurance in Superannuation Working Group (ISWG), the body tasked with establishing and championing the code, over the last 18 months to support industry-wide adoption. ...