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Genetics not education drives investor behaviour

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
Genetic predisposition rather than lack of knowledge or financial education is the biggest hurdle confronting super fund trustees, wealth managers and financial advisers trying to help fund members and investors make better investment decisions, reveals ...

Rethink before you rebuild

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
... doesn't work like that anymore," she said. "Products are more complex but less diverse. In any other eco-system, from genetics to engineering, homogeneity combined with complexity sets off warning bells about unsustainability." Diplock said old thinking ...

Bad genes won't hurt insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2008
... deputy chief executive, John O'Shaughnessy, Australia was the first country in the world to adopt an anti-discriminatroy genetics policy for life insurers. Under IFSA Standard Number 11, which was drafted in 2001 and revised in October 2005, insurers ...

Consumer watchdog signals two-year ban on genetic testing

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2003
... (ACCC) said it wanted to give insurers and the government time to absorb the recommendations of an inquiry into human genetics. An interim ban on genetic testing - which could allow insurers to discriminate against customers more prone to certain diseases ...
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