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Zurich, OnePath cover vaccine side-effects

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2021
... vaccination coverage within our group insurance portfolio, as well as via our retail and direct lines, given that so many Australians access life insurance through their superannuation," Zurich head of group insurance Darren Wickham said. "It is a benefit ...

Time to weed out dud funds: Delaney

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
AustralianSuper chief investment officer Mark Delaney told the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ASI 2021 conference while Your Future, Your Super is imperfect, poor performing super funds need to be weeded out. AustralianSuper ...

Former CFSGAM chief executive joins CFA Institute

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... Asset Management (CFSGAM) and First State Investments as chair of the board of governors. Mark Lazberger is one of two Australians on the CFA Institute board of governors and is currently chair at Omnia Capital Partners and a non-executive director at ...

Wayne Swan to chair Cbus

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... so too will it play a vital role in our pandemic recovery," Swan said. "Not only does superannuation allow working Australians to capture a slice of recovery growth, it will also serve as a vital source of capital to fund the jobs of the future in the ...

Greater scrutiny of choice products needed: Scheerlinck

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees' Eva Scheerlinck has expressed concern about the number of Australians that remain unaware their super fund is underperforming. Scheerlinck acknowledged the release of the Your Future, Your Super ...

Binance Australia appoints chief executive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... businesses in Australia. The opportunity to work with users nationally is incredibly exciting." He added that he hopes all Australians looking to invest in crypto will soon consider doing so through Binance as the exchange grows its presence in the country. ...

Equal Pay Day offers sobering reminder

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... Finkelstein marked Equal Pay Day by pointing out that there is support in society for action on equal pay - only 15% of Australians deny that a pay gap exists. "However, despite the groundswell of support for gender equity, the devastatingly slow rate ...

Results out: 13 funds fail YFYS performance test

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
Big names like Colonial First State's FirstChoice, BT Super and Christian Super are among the 13 superannuation funds that failed APRA's inaugural performance test. In all, APRA tested 76 MySuper products in this round, of which 13 failed. This ...

Economic recap: Week to August 27

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
... underlying message is that while the US is thinking about tapering, "the Delta variant presents a near-term risk". We, Australians all, are experiencing that the hard way. The recent outbreak of the Delta variant has not only prompted forecasts of a ...

Financial adviser levy to drop

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
... for superannuation and financial services Jane Hume, the government said the temporary relief is aimed at ensuring Australians can continue to access affordable, professional financial advice. "The freeze in the per adviser levy will provide financial ...