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ASFA appoints new policy head

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2024
... Funds of Australia (ASFA) has announced the appointment of James Koval to the newly created role of head of policy and advocacy, effective immediately. ASFA chief executive Mary Delahunty said she was delighted to welcome Koval to the ASFA team. "James' ...

Majority comply with IDR reporting: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024
... meeting this requirement," the regulator said. Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) general manager policy of advocacy Phil Anderson told a recent Financial Standard podcast that the IDR is "simply a matter of populating a spreadsheet that details ...

Aware Super appoints member strategy lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024
... of staff and group executive for Victoria, Karina McPhee will lead a newly created communications, public affairs, and advocacy team, in addition to her current responsibilities. Group executive for finance, strategy, and transformation Tim Elliot will ...

Teals will push for super tax indexation: Burgess

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... has had productive conversations with certain Teal independents who had been "very supportive and sympathetic" to its advocacy efforts in opposing the Treasury Laws Amendment (Better Targeted Superannuation Concessions and Other Measures) Bill. The Bill ...

SIX launches share platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2024
... building is that it allows people to play to their strength," Verwey said. "NGOs have an appetite for running shareholder advocacy campaigns, they just haven't had the resources to run them. "NGOs can focus on the pointy end of the campaigning. By ...

ASIC chases 757 adviser registrations

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2024
... an offence of strict liability and contravened a civil penalty provision. Phil Anderson, the general manager policy of advocacy and standards at the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA), told a recent Financial Standard podcast that the most ...

Aware Super restructures executive team

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2024
... staff and group executive for Victoria, Karina McPhee, will lead a newly created communications, public affairs, and advocacy team, in addition to her current responsibilities. The fund also confirmed that long-standing group executive for finance, strategy ...

Super viewed as lifeboat by Aussies: Survey

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024
... difficulty, and being able to pay all their bills is a regular concern. Super Members Council executive general manager of advocacy Georgia Brumby said while cost-of-living pressures are impacting family budgets, their super gives them a feeling of future ...

BT signposts key issues for advisers in 2024

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023
... to be topical amongst financial advisers and their clients, going into 2024," said BT head of financial literacy and advocacy Bryan Ashenden. "Clients are discussing with their advisers how downsizing from a large property they no longer need can be ...

Payday super protects most vulnerable: SMC

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023
... AustralianSuper, Aware Super, Cbus, HESTA, Hostplus, Rest, and UniSuper and represents about $1.4 trillion in assets. Last week, the advocacy body appointed Misha Schubert as its inaugural chief executive.
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