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BlackRock clamps down on work romances

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... executives who were reportedly let go last year for having inappropriate relationships and consequently breaching company policy. In December 2019, BlackRock's global head of active equities Mark Wiseman left the firm amid reports he failed to disclose ...

More clarity on life insurance best interest duty needed: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
An Actuaries Institute Taskforce has made sweeping recommendations for broad changes to Australia's retail disability income insurance market, including providing examples of Best Interest Duty in life insurance. The report said ASIC included in ...

Robeco extends exclusions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... will be barred from Robeco investment portfolios. The move is an expansion of Robeco's existing thermal coal exclusion policy that already applies to its sustainable and impact strategies and now also encompasses companies engaged in oil sands and Arctic ...

Need to recalibrate the fiscal strategy: Frydenberg

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... our economy that flow from this COVID recession will have a lasting impact on our budget position, even as our targeted policy support is unwound," he said. "Lower tax receipts and higher spending as a share of the economy will impact our fiscal position ...

AMP Capital Ethical Leaders loses another mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... manager search is underway. "The temporary investment will be made in accordance with ESSSuper's Responsible Investment Policy. This excludes tobacco and controversial weapons investments but has fewer ethical exclusions than the Ethically Minded ...

ASIC wealth director nabs promotion

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... to Bapepam-LK, the Indonesian capital market and non-bank financial regulator to assist in the development of regulatory policy. Prior to this, she worked with ASIC for nearly eight years, from January 2001 until October 2009. During this time, she worked ...

Chief economist update: October rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... the deputy governor of the Reserve Bank gave a fairly clear hint that the board is set to cut the cash rate and other key policy rates at its October board meeting..." "The theme is likely to be, as we saw in March, a Team Australia moment where the ...

MLC Life restructures, appoints lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... Williamson as chief group insurance officer. There has also been six general manager appointments to the team. Former head of policy administration systems Fiona Guscott has been named general manager, underwriting and operations, while executive lead ...

Bermuda-based fund launches down under

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... believes this is a "win-win" for both buyers and sellers of life insurance policies as it pays two to three times more to the policy owner than they would receive from the life insurance company. "People relinquish their life insurance for many reasons ...

Male-pack mentality holds back boards

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... benefiting society," the paper suggested. The research also found that there is more work to be done to improve governance policy and mechanisms if boards are to see the potential gender diversity can have on CSR decision making. " Women bring a unique ...