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IFM Investors appoints head of sustainable investment

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2023
... committee. She is also an active member of the PMI Advisory Council, ABI Climate Change and Stewardship Working Groups, Occupational Pensions Stewardship Council, and several government-led taskforces. IFM said Nazarova-Doyle joins a growing team of ...

Super, retirement unit cushions Link's massive loss

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2023
... five years." Also expanding in Hong Kong with a local team, Link said RSS "is now one of the biggest players in the Occupational Retirement Scheme Ordinance (ORSO) pensions administration market". The Fund Solutions arm continues to dampen Link's ...

Cbus informs members of premium changes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2023
... negotiate a decrease for most members," Cbus said. All members aged 15 to 49 years will see savings, no matter the occupational category they're in. The biggest saving to be had is on TPD cover provided to 15-24-year-olds in the manual category, with ...

UK to ban cold calling on all financial products

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023
... determined to do," Sunak said. It is already against the law in the UK for product issuers to cold call in relation to occupational or personal pension schemes. In 2020, ASIC introduced a ban on the use of cold calling to sell direct life insurance. ...

Still work to be done on group insurance: ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... explanations and poor disclosures from funds on key matters, like the use of the ADL definition or implications of occupational categories, as having been a problem previously. The review found most of the 15 trustees have taken steps to improve on this ...

Link scores admin, technology mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023
... footprint in the region. HSBC appointed Link's Retirement & Superannuation Solutions (RSS) business to oversee the bank's Occupational Retirement Scheme Ordinance (ORSO) clients. The mandate marks Link's first foray into the Hong Kong pension market. ...

Stapling's consequences must be addressed: Cbus

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2022
... are stapled to the fund of their first job that likely won't include insurance, or if it does is likely to include occupational exclusions. This means despite the real-life daily risks workers face in their new construction job, they are not insured ...

Don't water down YFYS: Grattan Institute

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
... starting a new job and remaining in an insurance policy that excludes their new occupation can be addressed by banning occupational exclusions. "Such restrictive policies are becoming increasingly inappropriate, particularly given most funds now present ...

Brighter Super makes changes to insurance offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2022
... September 30, the cost of death and total and permanent disability cover through Brighter Super will go up across all occupational risk categories. The cost of death only cover will not change. Currently, those members categorised as 'blue collar' pay ...

ClearView Wealth appoints rehabilitation manager

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2022
... mentoring to claim assessors on return to work strategies and employability, and identification and management of occupational rehabilitation cases. She will report to ClearView chief claims officer Joanne Faglioni. "We're always looking for ways ...
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