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Life insurance performance plummets

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... intervention to assist the struggling industry as it said it has seen the industry lose $3.4 billion in five years. From October 1, individual disability income insurance providers have been subject to upfront capital penalties until APRA is assured ...

FASEA reveals October exam results

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
... Standards and Ethics Authority. FASEA has released the most recent exam statistics, which show 76% of advisers passed the October sitting. There were 625 advisers who sat the most recent exam. The overall pass rate of 76% may be attributed to several ...

Should remote employees be paid less?

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
... all jobs in 2021. Willis Towers Watson surveyed 344 organisations in North America with 4.83 million employees between October 6 and 21. About 14% worked in financial services. About 61% said they expect to pay fully remote workers the same as in-office ...

Aware Super cuts carbon emissions by 40%

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
... strategies in line with lower carbon emissions. The benchmarks were rolled out to Aware Super's investment managers in October 2020. Since then, the fund's Australian and global equities exposures have carbon emissions 40% below that of the baseline ...

CFM fund to wind up

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
... longer accomplish its purpose. In its five-year life, the fund delivered -4.2% p.a. since its inception in November 2015 to October end. It has only had one calendar year of positive returns, which was a 6.5% in 2017. This year, the returns have been ...

Chief economist update: It's looking up for the land down under

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
... wave and the consequent relaxation of restrictions and re-opening of state borders; the surprise jump in employment in October, punctuated by significant increases in both full-time and part-time jobs; and, the surging price of our biggest commodity ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore to reduce Aussie deficit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... lifts demand for staff. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) reported that 178,800 workers found employment in October - a pleasant surprise to markets that were expecting total jobs numbers to drop by 40,000 over the month as the government ...

Business tax expanded to big corporates

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... off the full value of any eligible depreciable asset up to $150,000 in the first year they are installed or used from 6 October 2020 until 30 June 2022. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the government will also allow businesses to opt-out of temporary ...

Praemium board bungle

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... Barry Lewin said the board is delighted to welcome Wamsteker. "With the successful takeover of Powerwrap by Praemium in October 2020, Anthony brings deep knowledge of the specialist platform sector and invaluable experience of the acquired business which ...

Kogan execs chase big bonuses

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... register" not those shareholders who have enjoyed the companies gains since IPO. Kogan is currently trading at $17.69. In October, the share price was as high as $25. In its full year results, the company reported revenue of $497.9 million, up 13.5% ...