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Rethinking retirement: Focus on spending, not saving

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2023
... prevalence of fear among retirees. "We've got no chance of solving the fear with only mobilising the knowledge and the information in this room [the financial services sector]," Kerr said. "We need aged care in the room, we need trustees that help ...

APRA toughens stress testing frequency, valuation stance

KARREN VERGARA, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2023
... transactions are permitted, how valuation data is incorporated in unit prices/crediting rates, access to valuation information and costs," APRA said. In the latest update, APRA wants trustees to "ensure that all valuations are received within a timeframe ...

NGS Super expands leadership

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2023
... education and community sectors. According to Alex Dunnin, executive director of research and compliance at Rainmaker Information, Australia's super fund marketplace is now so concentrated that the biggest 20 hold a whopping 95% of the funds under ...

Regulators begin FAR consultation

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023
... 18 months to prepare. The documents released by APRA and ASIC include the proposed regulator rules that prescribe information for inclusion in the FAR register of accountable persons, including supporting detail about the ADI key function descriptions ...

Westpac closes Specialist Businesses Division

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023
... the leadership team is group executive, customer services and technology Scott Collary who has been appointed chief information officer, leading a new stand-alone technology division, and Carolyn McCann who is currently group executive, corporate services ...

Trustees lack urgency, strategy on RIC: Regulators

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023
... drawing on internal and external data sources to help understand member needs, all trustees had "gaps in the critical information they need about their members to inform the development of an effective retirement income strategy", while very few had ...

Super framework ideal for advice: Jones

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2023
... of these questions are also aimed at Centrelink and the Australian Tax Office. "There's no easy way of sharing information amongst those bodies at the moment," he said. Consequently, Jones flagged that he is interested in "what can be done around ...

ClearView strengthens leadership team

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2023
... promoted to chief technology officer. Hailing from BT Financial Group, he joined the firm in 2020 as general manager of information technology before being seconded to head the group's policy administration system transformation project last year. With ...

Does ESG have a fiduciary issue?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2023
... event, panellists said effective ESG integration means asset managers can incorporate the most meaningful and material information into the investment process. This includes ESG risks, as well as more traditional risk categories such as operational ...

ACCC publishes draft guidance on greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2023
... principles are: Make accurate and truthful claims Have evidence to back up your claims Don't leave out or hide important information Explain any conditions or qualifications on your claims Avoid broad and unqualified claims Use clear and easy-to-understand ...