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Super remains grossly inequitable: Per Capita

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
... system will return to be a predominantly male privilege and women's hard-fought improvements in economic security and independence in retirement over the past three decades will be lost," Wood said. "We call on the government to work with us to improve ...

Impact investors team up for $48m investment

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... with disability. It will provide them with the choice to live on their own, or with someone of their choosing, with independence and with the ability to fully participate in the community," Summer Housing chief executive Dan McLennan said. Conscious ...

Moelis adds to board

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... Pilcher Ciafone and Goodfellow to the asset manager's board. "These two appointments add valuable skills, diversity and independence to our board," he said. "Alexandra's leadership and expertise in people, culture and governance will be significantly ...

Bloomberg launches ESG ratings

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... model and management level data, the scores will rank relative performance across diversity, tenure, overboarding and independence. Meantime, Bloomberg said the ES scores will provide a "data-driven measure of corporate environmental and social performance ...

Chief economist update: The next generation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... that year [1790]" where "the US federal government assumed all the debt incurred by the US states during the War of Independence, laying the foundation for a strong central federal government in the United States". (Peterson Institute for International ...

No returns in sight for AAP investors

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... concessional loans had been structured to support the business as it goes through this transformational period. "Independence is at the heart of AAP and it will now be structured as a not-for-profit, so there's absolutely no investor ownership and lenders ...

Trust in advisers wanes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
... advocate for and support the continuing professionalisation of the industry, including a clear best interest duty and independence of advice."

Calls for index industry disruption

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... Morningstar launching the open indexes project. "The benefits of using a neutral third-party benchmark are clear: Independence matters when it comes to benchmarking," Lefkovitz said. "But what's important is choosing the most appropriate benchmark, not ...

Labor calls for end to war on super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... upholds the egalitarian value of Labor. The principle that every citizen deserves to retire with dignity and some independence," Jones points out. Jones says the system's ability to help Australians weather the storm through early access to their ...

Chief economist update: Hong Kong is ours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... their constitutional responsibilities". The Politburo's trying to put out the still burning embers of the pro-independence fire before it again gets out of control. It would have been straightforward and fait accompli had it not been for the adverse ...