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Blame put on businesses for JobKeeper error

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... April," it said. "Moreover the program will remain open to businesses that meet the eligibility criteria at any time over the six months it is in operation." In light of the take-up of the scheme to date, remaining enrolments, and that the scheme remains ...

New ETFs see success as UBS suspends funds

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... has revealed that three new exchange traded funds (ETFs) saw tens of millions in inflows during the second quarter, while six UBS products exited the market. The products included ETF Securities' ETFS FANG+ ETF on March 2, BetaShares' S&P/ASX Australian ...

Super advocate takes FSC to task over TPD tests

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... your TPD claim. "For most people, changes to TPD definitions happen only after their working arrangements have changed for six or 12 months (to cover parental leave, for example). For others, this change can happen after three months, depending on the ...

US pension funds approach point of no return

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... teacher funds with less than 10 years' worth of payouts left. Illinois looks to be the state in the most trouble, with six of its funds ranking among the 15 weakest in the nation. Three funds are at the state-level, the other three are Chicago-based ...

Financial stress increases despite relaxed conditions

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... financially comfortable when paying for essential goods and services decreased by about two percentage points. "Comparing wave six with wave five, there has also been a marginal shift in the financial conditions of the survey respondents with a slight ...

Plan for the worst, hope for the best

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... what is currently being priced in. "We've still got a lot of unknowns that will become clear over the next two, three and six months," he said. "Would you be buying with your ears pinned back now? To me, you've got to have enough cash so you ...

Former CBA executive nabs industry body lead role

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... corporate affairs where he was responsible for the bank's corporate reputation, public affairs and sustainability; and six years as a director of corporate and public affairs at Woolworths Group. He also spent 10 years in Canberra working as a ministerial ...

Gender diversity improves, cultural diversity falls: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
... Diversity index, published by the Governance Institute of Australia and recruiter Watermark Search International, examined six years of data to put gender diversity, cultural diversity, skills diversity, age diversity and tenure to the test. The report ...

State Street fund purges tobacco, weapons

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
State Street's international equities trust, which tracks MSCI World ex Australia, is set to exclude tobacco and controversial weapons. It will make the changes from July 1, for both the hedged and unhedged versions of the State Street International ...

COVID-19 ushers in the future of work

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... "There are so many things I think that people take for granted that we've had in an office space," Yoong said. "To be six or eight weeks into working from home - I don't think it's a fair test. Try this for six months, and then see if you're ...