Major Issues Program

Major Issues Sessions 1, 11.15am - 12.15pm, Thursday 4 August

Room 5

 

 

      SUPER - Self Managed Superannuation Funds - What lies ahead for fund members?

    • Andrea Slattery, Chief Executive Officer, SPAA
  • David Shirlow, Divisional Director, Macquarie Bank

Chair: Pravin Madhanagopal, Senior Policy Manager, Financial Services Council

Room 6

LIFE INSURANCE - The psychology of life insurance: What do we really know about the decisions consumers make?

  • Joseph W. Jordan, Senior Vice President, Behavioural Finance Strategies, Metlife US

 Chair: Holly Dorber, Senior Policy Manager, Financial Services Council

Room 7

 

INVESTMENT - Australia's changing equity market structure 

  • Carole Comerton-Forde, Professor of Finance - School of Finance, Australian National University
  • Richard Murphy, General Manager - Equity Markets, ASX

Chair: Michael Chaaya, Partner, Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Room 8

ADVICE - Engaging consumers through scaleable advice

  • Steve Helmich, Director of Financial Planning, Advice and Services, AMP
  • Greg Miller, General Manager, MLC

 Chair: Cecilia Storniolo, Senior Policy Manager, Financial Services Council

Room 9

GLOBAL - A new collective investment regime for Australia: Issues and opportunities 

  • Chris Jordan, NSW Chairman, KPMG and Member, Chair of the Board of Tax
  • Philip Barlin, Executive Manager, Group Taxation, Colonial First State Investments
Chair: David Travers, Managing Director, RBC Dexia Investor Services Trust Australia

Major Issues Session 2, 1.15 - 2.15pm, Thursday 4 August

Room 5

CLIMATE CHANGE - The outlook for carbon policy and investment in a carbon constrained world

  • Tim Jordan, Analyst - Environmental, Social and Governance, Deutsche Bank AG Australia and New Zealand
  • Nick Wood, Associate Director, Sustainability Climate Change and Water, KPMG 

Chair: James Bond, Economist, Financial Services Council

Room 6

 

SUPERANNUATION - MySuper: Implications for consumers, super funds and insurers

  • Melanie Evans, Head of Superannuation, BT Financial Group
  • Warren Chant, Principal, Chant West
  • Damien Green, Chief Executive Officer, AIA Austrlia

Chair: David Knox, Senior Partner, Mercer

Room 7

 

GLOBAL - What do reforms in the UK and US mean for Australia?

  • Anita Kariappa, Executive Director, Financial Services Practice, Ernst & Young
  • Nikki Bentley, Partner, Henry Davis York

Chair: Martin Codina, Director of Policy, Financial Services Council

Room 8

AUSTRALIAN CUSTODIAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION - Component outsourcing: How asset servicing supply chains are adapting to market, commercial and regulatory drivers

  • Nadia Ivanova, Head of Global Fund Services for Australasia, Northern Trust
  • Gary Nussenbaum, Executive Director, Investment Operation Services, JP Morgan
  • Neeraj Sahai, Managing Director Global Head of Securities and Fund Services Global Transaction Services, Citi

Chair: Paul Khoury, Chief Operating Officer, State Street Australia

Room 9

ADVICE - Implementing FoFA

  • Paul Barrett, General Manager, Advice and Distribution, ANZ Wealth
  • Andrew Gale, Chief Executive Officer, Count Financial

Chair: Elizabeth Gray, Partner, Henry Davis York

Major Issues Sessions 3, 2.30 - 3.30pm, Thursday 4 August

Room 5

ADVICE - Advice as a profession

  • Mark Rantall, Chief Executive Officer, Financial Planning Association
  • Brian Bissaker, Chief Executive Officer, Colonial First State Investments
  • Greg Medcraft, Chairman, Australian Securities and Investments Commission

Chair: Richard Batten, Partner, Minter Ellison

Room 6

SUPERANNUATION - SuperStream: Integration, innovation and employers

  • Dr Brad Pragnell, Head of Industry Policy, Australian Payments Clearing Association
  • Dick Grozier, Director of Industrial Relations, Australian Business Industrial and NSW Business Chamber of Commerce
  • Hans van Daatselaar, Manager of Strategy and Policy, Superpartners

Chair: Nigel McCammon, General Manager Client Services, Colonial First State Investments

Room 7

GLOBAL - Asian Fund Passport: From concept to reality

  • Geoff Weir, Director, Australian Financial Centre Taskforce
  • Lawrence Au, Head of Asia Pacific, BNP Paribas Securities Services

Chair: Andrew Wilson, Partner, PwC

Room 8

INVESTMENT - Mainstreaming ESG: The ACSI/FSC Environmental, Social and Governance reporting guide for the ASX 200

  • Richard Brandweiner, Group Executive, Income and Multi Sector, Perpetual
  • Ann Byrne, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Council of Superannuation Investors

Chair: Warwick Angus, Executive Director, Computershare

Room 9

LIFE INSURANCE - Life insurance and FoFA: what will this mean for advisers and consumers?

  • Mariane Perkovic, General Manager - Advice, Colonial First State Investments
  • Alan Dixon, Managing Director, Dixon Advisory 

Chair: Claire Machin, Special Counsel, Henry Davis York