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Treasury proposes standardised default insurance definitions

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
Commissioner Kenneth Hayne's push to have standardised terms and definitions for group insurance is open for consultation until April 26. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is taking recommendation 4.13 from the Royal Commission's final report further by determining ...

Superannuation, insurance expert joins EY

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
A superannuation and insurance specialist has joined Ernst & Young as a partner. Lisa-Marie McKechnie was appointed partner of the financial services law division after spending nine years at law firm Mills Oakley, where some of clients included Hostplus ...

HESTA appoints new director

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019
... eight years, on the fund's board,. Ismail was elected by the ACTU Executive to represent them on the HESTA board. She is a lawyer and the legal and industrial officer for the ACTU. She has held a range of legal and policy advice laws and has represented ...

Australian Unity creates new partnerships role

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
Australian Unity Trustees has recruited from Equity Trustees to fill the newly-created position of head of partnerships. Sally Fenemor is taking on the new role, joining from Equity Trustees where she was most recently national business development ...

IOOF faces class action

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
The lawyer who led $300 million of claims during the Storm Financial crisis is preparing a class action against IOOF. Quinn Emanuel partner Damian Scattini said the firm will next week file a claim in the Supreme Court of New South Wales. The class ...

Former ASFA chair sees new EQT role

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... of leading national law firms. Additionally, Everingham has spent time with BT Financial Group and Mercer, as a senior lawyer and head of legal respectively. EQT managing director Mick O'Brien said Everingham's experiences ensured she was the ...

Wills are an afterthought for the rich: Lawyer

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
The number of wealthy people who don't have wills or rely on do-it-yourself will kits still comes as no surprise to an estate planning expert. Australian Unity Trustees national manager of estate planning Anna Hacker says wealthier people are not as ...

Qantas Super chair steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2019
... First State Investments, MYOB Group and Zoos Victoria. Prior to becoming a professional director, she was a commercial lawyer for 28 years and was NAB's general counsel for Australia between December 2005 and February 2011. The board named two new ...

Hayne report raises professionalism stakes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
Financial advisers could face the same rigid license registration requirements as doctors and lawyers if the Royal Commission's recommendations on compliance and further education in the industry become law. Commissioner Kenneth Hayne is calling ...

Social media reacts to final Royal Commission hearings

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... scrutiny on culture at ANZ and in other banks. #BankingRC - David Taylor (@aus_employ_law) November 28, 2018 Employment lawyer David Taylor said scrutiny needed to be applied on the banks, after ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliot said developing a culture ...