Hi There

It's conference week - Katie, Matt and I are at the ASFA Conference so hope to see you there! Don't forget to come along to my session on the impact of menopause on retirement savings - tomorrow at 11:45am.

On a different topic, as you know Cbus are in the news for all the wrong reasons. I saw Wayne Swan (Cbus Chair) present at the recent AFR Wealth Summit. He came out swinging and was absolutely unrepentant. Not a good look if you ask me.

And now it's spilling over into bad press about insurance being cancelled (because the member was inactive). Which got me thinking about whether we (the industry) did enough when PMIF/YFYS were implemented. I mean, every fund sent the obligatory letters, but as it says in the article, the person impacted had been a member for 20 years and no-one called or tried any other method of communication. Sad indictment or indication that it 'was almost too much just to follow the letter of the law so of course we didn't have time to think about doing anything extra/above'? You decide.

Cheers

Sarah

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PDS MANAGERS ROUNDTABLE

This coming Tuesday!

As we look ahead to our final session for the year, we've decided to try something a little bit different. We are going to hold a panel session on 'how to have a successful career in product management' on Tuesday, 26 November. We are running this as a hybrid event, so people outside Sydney don't miss out:

Sydney: 4-6pm (including time for networking, drinks and snacks pre/post presentation) Parity Consulting offices, Level 12/35 Clarence St, Sydney. There are only a few 'in person' slots left so register ASAP if you don't want to miss out.

Online: 4:20-5:20pm, via Zoom

The speakers will be:

Sarah Penn, CEO, Mayflower Consulting

Victoria Butt, CEO, Parity Consulting

Amna Khan, GM Product, MLC Asset Management

Tristan Reis-Freeman, Chief Strategy Officer, Mine Super

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NEWS & VIEWS

Winners unveiled for Women in Finance Awards 2024 - Super Review

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ASIC announces new enforcement priorities with a focus on cost of living pressures - ASIC

Super fund retirement income products not cutting it - Professional Planner

UK to follow Australia's lead in creating megafunds - Financial Standard

Liquidity pressure on super funds could threaten financial stability, RBA says - Super Review

Super lobbies call for death benefit reforms - Financial Standard

The ‘missing middle’ an opportunity for super funds in advice- Super Review

Size of super industry on ASIC's radar - Financial Standard

ASIC continues focus on dodgy super switching in 2025 enforcement priorities - Independent Financial Adviser

UPCOMING EVENTS

You know, this section has been full to bursting all year. It's so good to see people meeting up in person again. We're finally in the wind down (sort of!).

To send you in the new year full of hope (or panic - depending!!), our final ASFA NSW legislation discussion group will be on FAR, which comes into force middle of next year. Rosalyn Teskey from Deloitte will be giving us a rundown of where your fund should be at this stage, and what's still left to do. Monday, 9 December at 1pm. Register here.

THE STRUCTURE OF A GREAT SPEECH

Whilst I may be moderating a panel of speakers at the ASFA Conference, it is always useful to pick up some tips on how to deliver a fantastic speech.

This HBR Ideacast is definitely worth a listen - a conversation with former Obama speechwriter Terry Szuplat on commanding an audience, no matter the size.

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