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Actuaries Institute releases retirement policy review

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
Over 200 actuaries provided feedback for a new policy paper from the Actuaries Institute which is recommending a superannuation guarantee rate of 10-12%, earlier access to retirement savings and disincentives for pension lump sums and bequests. Securing ...

Economic recap: Week to August 20

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... Afghanistan", slowing growth in China and regulatory crackdowns there, and the can't win thought of the Fed making a policy mistake - it leaves policy too easy for long that it'll have to go hard when "transitory" inflation becomes more entrenched ...

New role for Future Super co-founder

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021
... maternity leave for up to 12 months, something that Hunter had also introduced at Future Super. Brighte is also back dating the policy to anyone who was employed at the company when they had a baby in the last two years. Hunter departed Future Super ...

ASX posts mixed results

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021
... issuer services. ASX chief executive Dominic Stevens put the decrease in profit down to Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) policy. "Strong listings and equity market activity, due in part to an ongoing surge in retail trading, were tempered by the effects ...

UniSuper moves on climate targets

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021
... fund is progressing on its commitment to net zero emissions after reducing its exposure to fossil fuels. In latest climate policy update, 40 of UniSuper's top 50 Australian portfolio companies have now set operational targets to meet the Paris 2050 ...

Fidelity nabs ESG expert from HESTA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021
... investing team, and I'm delighted to have her on board," Tan said. "She brings extensive experience in ESG strategy and policy, including integrating the Sustainable Development Goals into investment strategy, which will be highly additive to the continuing ...

BT Panorama down for a week

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
... balance," he said. "Thankfully we never placed all our business with any one platform and this will now form a bedrock policy to our funds management policy from now on." Health and Finance Integrated chief executive William Johns was also left frustrated ...

BNP Paribas wins China custody agreement

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
... added that the licence follows an expansion of the scope of China's qualified foreign investor program under a change of policy. "As constraints on foreign participation in China's markets abate, we expect a wave of renewed interest from offshore institutional ...

Economic recap: Week to August 6

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
... momentum and it is still expected to grow strongly again next year. The economy is benefiting from significant additional policy support and the vaccination program will also assist with the recovery." In plain English, the Delta variant's disruption ...

Single disciplinary body consultation opens

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2021
... 'significance test' in the new breach reporting regime commencing 1 October 2021," the Single disciplinary body policy paper show. The second part of the bill looks at the types of administrative sanctions made against a financial adviser that ...