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ASFA adds board members

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
... legislative and regulatory landscape, and the increasing importance of securing sustainable retirement outcomes for Australians." The board also comprises Damian Hill (Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation chief executive) and Deanne Stewart (Aware ...

Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative launches

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... - embedding sustainability into leadership; integrating sustainability into practice; enabling resilience for all Australians; and building sustainable finance markets. "Our goal and our vision can't be achieved without achieving each of those four pillars ...

AustralianSuper hires for investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
The $188 billion superannuation fund has appointed a new deputy head of equities, and three investment directors for its London team. Former VFMC chief investment officer Justin Pascoe, who joined AustralianSuper mid-2019 as a senior portfolio manager ...

JobKeeper saved 700,000 jobs: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
One in five Australians who received the JobKeeper payment would not have stayed employed this year without it, according to a research paper from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). The Morrison government announced a series of fiscal measures at ...

Super fund joins climate initiative

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
A $54 billion industry fund, a mining company and a professional services firm have joined an initiative to tackle emissions in supply chains by 2050. Cbus, Fortescue Metal Group and Aurecon have signed on to the Australian Industry Energy Transitions ...

Confusion over retirement income objectives

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... is not "building wealth per se or facilitating estate planning". It is about providing a safety net so that older Australians achieve a minimum standard of living in retirement and avoid living in poverty. The concept of "equity" in the system must be ...

Labor, unions, industry funds seethe

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... the government bought in to allow people to access their retirement savings to get them through COVID-19, 600,000 Australians now have a super balance of zero. "That will have an impact on the quality of their life in their retirement, but it will also ...

Imbalance in generational retirement income: RIR

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
The superannuation system encourages Australians to rely on their own savings to fund retirement but the burden on younger generations to fund the Age Pension should not become unsustainable, the Retirement Income Review has stated. The review noted ...

Underinsurance gap worsens: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... Over the last 18 months, a slew of government regulation as well as unforeseen circumstances have contributed to more Australians being underinsured. This includes the Insurance in Super Voluntary Code of Practice, Life Insurance Framework reforms, Protecting ...

Give the people advisers: Retirement Income Review

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... most who receive financial advice have positive emotions around the experience. While addressing the many positives Australians could benefit from by receiving professional advice, the review did also touch on the dark clouds that hang over the advice ...