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Rice Warner names new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2019
... the business. Rice remains as an executive and board member, and will focus on working for a few key clients and public policy initiatives. He founded Rice Warner in December 1987. Rice has held a number of roles in the superannuation and actuaries industries ...

Unions have right to express views: Combet

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2019
... representing working people. That's their main job, they have to articulate what they believe are important public policy questions," Combet said. Law has protections However, once a union official becomes a trustee, they are bound by the law and ...

New directors join Frontier Advisors

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
... business administration." He also thanked Atkin for his service to the Frontier board. Edwards has had a long career in public policy and recently completed a term as a member of the board of the Reserve Bank of Australia. From 1991 to 1994 he was principal ...

IFM Investors adds policy director

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
... work with the firm's clients and communicate with regulators on a global level, to drive the firm's contribution to public policy and assist with positioning the firm strategically for continued growth. May starts with IFM Investors on March 4. ISA chief ...

Labor reforms to increase welfare dependency

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
... members. An additional 2000 people in small APRA-regulated funds will also suffer. Ralston said the proposal fails the public policy test in regards to adequacy, sustainability, certainty and fairness. She added the group is afraid such a measure will ...

We must do better: ASFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... the agenda... These misinterpretations, the lazy and misguided approaches to the calculations that are vital to public policy determinations has significant impact," he said. "These are significant challenges... I think we are all damaged as an industry ...

FinTech Australia hunts new chief executive

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
... initiatives, including its upcoming Intersekt conference and the annual EY Fintech Census. The former head of Uber's local public policy efforts took the group's reigns in May this year. At the time, Kitschke compared Australia's growing fintech ...

FPA appoints former ASFA adviser

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2018
... position is Ken Whitton. Most recently Whitton was ASFA's senior policy adviser where he developed and advocated public policy positons, promoted industry best practice and assisted the industry body in meeting its objectives. Whitton has more than 20 ...

Hostplus VC assets to hit $1bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... to education is begging for a "radical overhaul." One place to start is to establish an unambiguous, apolitical public policy and then created incentives to nudge young people and workers in directions that are best for Australia's future, Sicilia said. ...

Super industry welcomes Age Pension backflip

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
... difficulties faced by many Australians in working into their late 60s. "Maintaining the existing access age is a fairer public policy than pushing people onto Newstart in their late 60s because they are unable to find or retain employment," he said. ...