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Cbus enters corporate super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2019
... lower insurance premiums for office workers and allows CBUS to compete for employers that don't necessarily have high risk occupations or work in the construction industry." Commenting, Cbus chief executive David Atkin said: "Through Corporate Super ...

Fixed income investors spooked by global politics: Fitch

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2019
... fourth quarter 2019 fixed-income investor survey found that 74% of respondents consider political disagreements to be a high risk to their investments. The top five risks those surveyed identified were all linked to politics or potential political fallouts. ...

Adviser stole $200k from SMSFs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
... interests ahead of his own and failed to act in the best interests of clients. The regulator said he also recommended high risk investments contrary to clients' risk appetites and failed to provide statements of advice, product disclosure statements ...

350 tax practitioners under investigation

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
The Tax Practitioners Board revealed 350 tax practitioners are currently under investigation for high risk behaviour. Those high risk behaviours include failing to meet personal tax obligations, over-claiming work-related expenses on behalf of clients ...

MLC Super updates TPD cover, premiums

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
... under the age of 16 years. Casual or contract workers; members who work less than 15 hours per week; those working in high risk occupations, and members aged 65 years or older and are still working, will also be affected by the TPD definition changes. ...

Sovereign wealth fund revokes exclusions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
... more per day. The discharges will be increasing in future in line with expansion of the mine. "Moreover, there is a high risk that acid rock drainage from the company's waste rock and tailings dumps will cause lasting ground and water contamination." ...

Lifecycle super can be better: Frontier

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
... targeted objective. If, for example, returns have been poor, and a member's expected balance is below their target, then a high risk investment strategy would be adopted until they are back on track. Conversely, if returns have been good, then a less ...

Macquarie boss joins climate change commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
... development and industry. Gates and Ki-Moon are also commissioners. At the launch, Gates described the present a moment of "high risk and great promise". "We need policies to help vulnerable populations adapt and we need to ensure that governments and ...

Direct life insurance failing consumers: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2018
... indicate that consumers are frequently not able to make informed decisions when buying life insurance direct and are at high risk of buying cover that they do not want or that is not right for them," the report said. ASIC chair James Shipton commented ...

LIT serves up junk bonds to SMSFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
... have little to none exposure to high-yield credit in their portfolios," he said. Junk bonds have high yields but also high risk. Bommi said the risk is managed well, with the team looking for higher-quality bonds, ideally rated BB or B by the three major ...