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Government retirement modelling leaves women behind: ISA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... into the $450 monthly threshold trap - when super is not paid to an employee who earns less than $450 a month. "Women are far more likely to have multiple part-time jobs - which may all fall below the super contribution payment threshold. This threshold ...

Chief economist update: Getting hot, hot, hot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... at 26 February 2021, the Baker and Hughes rotary oil rig count has reached a nine-month high of 309 rigs - up by 17.0% so far this year and by a whopping 79.7% since it dropped to a 15-year low of 172 rigs in August last year (in response to the drop ...

Munich RE appoints Australasia lead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
Munich RE has appointed Scott Hawkins as managing director of Australasia succeeding Ralph Ronnenberg who is moving into a new position as head of reinsurance controlling. Hawkins will be responsible for overseeing the leadership and strategic steering ...

More women in workforce with greater paternity leave: ASI

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
... addressed through policy changes that lower tax wedges for women whose labour supply is likely to be highly elastic." "Women are far more likely than men to face a trade-off between paid work and unpaid work, including caring responsibilities, and when ...

Australian recovery has been outstanding: La Trobe Financial

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
... over the most remarkable 12 months is a very tall order," Andrews said. "In a nutshell it has been good, very good. It's far better than any of us had a right to expect 12 months ago." Andrews said that while there are some issues surely to arise ...

Chief economist update: Fed fights back bond bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
"Do you believe in life after love? I can feel something inside me say I really don't think you're strong enough now..." What's the point of increased transparency and forward guidance in financial markets - the bond market, in this case ...

Aware Super rejigs MySuper option

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2021
... includes cash), growth (24.7% in defensive assets at current asset allocation) and balanced growth (43.8% defensive assets). So far, the fund has divided its MySuper product into two stages: members up to 59 years of age who are invested in Aware's ...

Remains of Melissa Caddick found

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2021
... modelling that raised the possibility that an object or body that entered the water around the Dover Heights area could drift as far south as the Bermagui area." Her disappearance occurred on the same day ASIC raided her property as part of its investigation. ...

IOOF to spend big on BOLR

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
... departing advisers in FY21 and another $8 million to $12 million for FY22. This is higher than the $900,000 that IOOF has spent so far on paying out BOLR arrangements. "It's a part of the transformation of the Bridges business. Bridges was historically ...

Most ethical companies revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
Ethisphere has released a list of the world's most ethical publicly traded companies, and has claimed that these companies outperformed a comparable index by 7.1% over the last five years. "Honorees integrate ethics and values with corporate strategy. ...