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Summerhayes named Zurich chair

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2023
Former APRA chair Geoff Summerhayes has been appointed as chair of Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich). Summerhayes boasts an impressive track record in financial services as former executive board member of APRA and as chief executive of Suncorp ...

ACCC blitzes social media influencers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2023
... investors who use social media for investment research and want finfluencers to recommend products are evenly spread across age groups, but mostly earn less than $150,000 annually. The most popular platforms for investment research on social media were ...

Sustainability reporting, biodiversity, social high on ASX agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2023
... US, they require a lot more metrics to be disclosed beyond gender," Wynter noted. "It might be anything from race/ethnicity/age/experience as a disclosure metric that's going to be asked by investors." Engagement with First Nations communities around ...

Australians lack confidence in retirement: SSGA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2023
... concern for respondents, with only 21% more concerned about budgeting for later years. "This could reflect the backstop of the Age Pension as well as a behavioural present bias. However, it could equally reflect an expectation that successful management ...

Retirees feel the brunt of inflation: Challenger

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2023
... for example, on travel or entertainment, and a proportion of costs may also be covered by Medicare. Challenger said that the Age Pension also provides some protection from inflation, including the twice-yearly indexation of Age Pension Payments and the ...

Bloomberg pays US$5m in SEC charges

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2023
The finance juggernaut has agreed to fork out US$5 million in penalties to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) following charges related to its fixed income valuations. The SEC alleged that Bloomberg Finance LP misled disclosures relating to ...

TPB bans PwC partner over breach

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2023
The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) has barred former PwC head of international tax Peter-John Collins for integrity breaches. The deregistration, which includes a two-year ban on Collins becoming a registered tax practitioner, followed an investigation ...

Salary inflation becoming S issue for ESG managers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2023
With wage inflation expected to persist into 2023, managing wage increases, employee satisfaction and other measures to attract and retain talent are issues on the agenda for ESG engagement this year. According to the latest data available from the ...

Australians are unprepared for retirement: Fidelity

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2023
... responsibilities, or job loss. Australians plan on reducing work commitments and transition to retirement at 62.5 years of age; they'd like to fully retire at 64.8 years of age, the report said. However, in reality, Australians start reducing work commitments ...

Mixed outlook for paraplanning: Study

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2023
... paraplanner, though there has been a 7% increase in new entrants to the sector compared to the year prior. Further, regarding the age of these new entrants, 97% were aged 25 or over. "With both adviser and paraplanner number dwindling, survey results ...