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King's birthday honours for industry executives

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023
... were recognised for their "distinguished service to the community through philanthropic endeavours, and to sustainable social benefit initiatives." Schwartz, who received his first OAM in 2007, established the Trawalla Foundation alongside his wife Carol ...

Hostplus closes infrastructure, property options

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023
Hostplus is closing its infrastructure and property investment options, redirecting roughly $300 million in assets to balanced options. At the same time, it's introducing six new investment options, two of which are indexed. The $100 billion industry ...

Treasury to scrap advice admin burdens, boosts intra-fund advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023
... trustees will be required to take into account the member's personal circumstances, including their family situation and social security entitlements if that is relevant to the advice. Superannuation fund trustees should have the power to decide ...

Super fund ESG options underweight BHP, overweight CSL

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023
... financial interests of their members." Dunnin added the task of a super fund isn't to solve climate change or address every social ill facing Australia. "This makes running a super fund portfolio in light of all the ESG and climate action constraints ...

Advisers pivot to protect retirees from inflation

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023
... are 15 and 20 years into retirement. "Many of the costs of accessing the Australian healthcare system are linked to our social security system," he pointed out. "MRIs, ultrasounds, or all sorts of different medical tests can be substantially different ...

AI in ESG: Risk or opportunity?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023
... are more specific to industries like industrials, materials, and communications. Threats associated with public trust, social license, and bias are particularly relevant for businesses in sectors that directly interact with customers or communities ...

MAX Awards recognises best of the best

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
... Consumer La Trobe Financial Print Campaign of the Year - Trade Allianz Retire+ Product Launch of the Year Vanguard Super Social Media Campaign of the Year Aware Super Video Campaign of the Year Praemium Website of the Year Investors Mutual Limited (I ...

BT upgrades platform functionality

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2023
... increasing cybercrime rate in Australia," she said. A recent upgrade enabled support teams to source information relating to social security. "Advisers and their teams can now generate Centrelink schedules online, instead of calling a BT customer relations ...

HESTA pushes for gig worker super entitlements

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2023
... turn, this would increase the degree of underinsurance in the Australian community and the consequential burden on the social security system," an ASFA report said. More recently, Industry Super Australia (ISA) has reiterated the call for gig workers ...

Could the anti-woke movement come to Australia?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2023
... driven the rise of populism in the country more than 330 million. But Australia, with our smaller population and stronger social welfare support, does not have such a wide division of political ideology. Part of this can be attributed to our democratic ...