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Impact investing in healthcare: American Century

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... delivered will ultimately deliver returns. And at a time when the world needs health innovation more than ever before, financial and social impact objectives can simultaneously be achieved," he said. The US$1.66 billion fund seeks quality stocks by incorporating ...

Iress posts mixed half year results

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
The financial services software provider reported a 14% decrease in net profit after tax at $26.3 million from the previous corresponding period. Iress noted the decrease in NPAT was due to the impact of operating losses in acquired businesses and the ...

Young-old wealth gap widest in 18 years

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... 2012, according to the researchers including Hugh Miller, Ramona Meyricke and Laura Dixie who have Phds in statistics, financial economics and physics respectively. "We are all very used to the idea our children will live better lives than we do," Dr ...

MLC Wealth hires risk chief from QIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... QIC in 2007 and has led the risk function for the past seven years. Prior to this, he worked at Macquarie Bank's Financial Services Group for four years. He has also worked with Linklaters in London and Tokyo, and with Clayton Utz in Sydney. "While ...

Calls for broad default life insurance system

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
... Assess to Life Insurance (CALI) campaign, includes members from AIA, MLC Life, TAL and Zurich plus the Association of Financial Advisers and Financial Planning Association of Australia. A research paper released by the group said Australia needs a broad ...

Australians without advice struggle in pandemic: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
New research has revealed the true value of advice, as the mental and financial wellbeing of Australia's unadvised population suffers from the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis. Fidelity International's latest Pulse Survey, which gauged the mental and ...

BT un-aligns group insurance, awards mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020
... philosophy of supporting the health and wellbeing of our members," BT said in a note to superannuation members. The new financial year also saw BT update super members on fees and costs. The Regulatory Change Expense Recovery fee reduced for BT Lifestage ...

Indigenous foundation teams up with super funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... impact the FNF and their Big Super Day Out event series has had in helping indigenous communities build their financial wellbeing. While it's obviously a shame the event won't take place this year, the new online website is a fantastic way to ensure ...

QSuper culls comprehensive advice

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
... press release this morning. "As a result of the review, QSuper has significantly expanded the personal, over the phone financial advice service available to members which is provided at no additional cost to the member." The fund has added topics on ...

COVID-19 dampens retirement expectations: Study

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... working as intended, he argued. "COVID-19's impact has exposed shortcomings in retirement product design, access to financial advice and superannuation education," Rady argued. The survey found that almost 80% of retirees did not seek financial advice ...