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Super funds must address climate risk: Market Forces

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2017
... the assets under management in the 100 largest superannuation funds. The legal opinion follows a speech to the Insurance Council of Australia in February 2017 by Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) executive board member Geoff Summerhayes ...

Korea scopes out Aussie asset management market

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... business ahead of the Asia Region Funds Passport scheme commencing at the end of 2017. As a partner of the Financial Services Council, the Korean delegation met with Australian asset managers yesterday for a roundtable discussion on what the new cross ...

FSC board appoints AMP exec

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017
A senior AMP executive is joining the board of the Financial Services Council. AMP group executive, advice and New Zealand Jack Regan will also become co-chair of the FSC's advice board committee. Before his current role at AMP, he was managing director ...

Super funds receive guidance on RG97

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2017
... Superannuation Trustees (AIST), the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) and the Financial Services Council (FSC) released the joint RG97 guidance note ahead of the regulator's transition period beginning 1 March 2017. RG97 has caused ...

Industry realigns for climate change

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2017
... to be a separate, distant or "non-financial" issue. APRA member Geoff Summerhayes' speech on the topic at the Insurance Council of Australia Annual Forum in Sydney last week was received positively by industry associations. The Australian Council of ...

Landmark ESG recommendations for Australia

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... "that will allow a fiduciary to fully integrate ESG risks." The roadmap was developed in collaboration with Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), the Generation Foundation and the United Nations Environment Program Finance Initiative. ...

Ombudsman takes on ANZ fairness role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... Banking Industry Ombudsman, chairperson of the Legal Services Board of Victoria and vice-chair of the Australian Press Council. ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott said the role is significant and is designed to assist the bank in consistently delivering ...

ASX responds to CFR regulatory expectations

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
The ASX has updated its Cash Equities Clearing and Settlement Code of Practice to align with new Council of Financial Regulators (CFR) policy statements. In March the Federal Government asked CFR to prepare the policy statements to ensure the right ...

Super industry CEO joins IIRC board

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
Australian Council of Superannuation Investors chief executive Louise Davidson will be the first Australian to join the board of the International Integrated Reporting Council. Davidson's three year board term begins 1 October and her appointment will ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
... companies. Libya's National Oil Corporation issued a statement this week welcoming the announcement by the Presidency Council that the Ras Lanuf, Es Sidra and Zuetina oil terminals would reopen without conditions, and announced a new initiative to end ...