The prudential watchdog has promoted Smith to executive director of the country’s $2.9 trillion superannuation industry after joining the regulator just eight months ago from the private sector.
As Australia is heading towards having the lowest pension cost of any OECD country, we must be willing to be bold, think outside the square and so improve our overall retirement income system.
QIC and Royal Schiphol beat competitors to buy a 70 per cent stake in the Tasmanian airport for a reported $600 million.
As insurance companies grow, so too does the amount of claims they receive. Ultimately, this is a positive thing: more claims doesn’t necessarily indicate that more people are becoming sick or getting injured, but that increasing numbers are taking the time to assess their insurance needs, take out cover appropriate to their situation, and become better informed about what they might be eligible to claim for.
Treasurer Frydenberg’s long-awaited review of the retirement income system has been broadly welcomed by the industry. Here’s a snapshot of what some of the assets owners and advisers think.
There has been widespread adoption and more board engagement since the launch of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures recommendations in 2017 but more work is needed to get a uniform and comparable approach to climate change disclosure across the investment community.
The current systemic risk is that members are pushed into portfolios with higher risk than is suitable, for reasons that are more driven by business and career factors, than what is optimally in the member’s best interest.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced on Friday that former senior Treasury official Mike Callaghan will lead the long-awaited independent review of Australia’s retirement income system.
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Australia’s largest superannuation fund names former Keating adviser as chair, replacing Heather Ridout who is stepping down after more than six years at the helm.
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