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Behavioural tools to limit losses, fear

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... plague clients during times of crisis, she said. "Investors feel paralysed; they don't know what to do, so they do nothing, and in some cases, this may actually be a benefit because they're avoiding their reality and they may not move their money," ...

ASIC secures $160m in remediation over junk credit insurance

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... business to sell junk insurance." The sales practices of this product were systematic and unjust, she said. "There is nothing fair about selling on-going consumer credit insurance to a 65-year-old when eligibility falls away at 66," Chester said. "There ...

Culture is key in a crisis: Australian Ethical

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... said. "It's equally important to communicate with your customers as your employees and directors, even if you've got nothing to say," she said. "You've got to keep that culture alive and people are expecting leaders to communicate. "When they're ...

ERS paused as AFP investigates fraud

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... allow time for a proper investigation. "We want the ATO today, out of an abundance of caution, to make sure that there's nothing more we can do to help people protecting their data, to ensure that people are not the victims of identity theft, as is being ...

Superannuation startup launches raise

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... saving 7-8% of their income towards their retirement each year, which is incredible given they were most likely saving nothing beforehand," GigSuper co-founder Peter Stanhope said. The fund will put the money towards client acquisition, education resources ...

How Cbus is servicing early release requests

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... our positions, we are still underweight [in unlisted assets]. Cbus property have got developments that are finalising...nothing what was already planned in. We haven't gone out to sell down or anything like that," Fok said.

COVID-19 will bite into credit ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
Nothing focuses the mind as the choice between life and death. This choice has been thrust onto Planet Earth's population by the coronavirus pandemic. So much so, that men, women and children of the world are giving up - willingly or grudgingly ...

The domino effect: Oil falls, markets follow

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... coronavirus taskforce presser overnight, US President Donald Trump said now is the time to be buying oil. "If we can buy it for nothing we are going to take everything we can get," he said. "The only thing I like better than that is when they pay you ...

ERS at risk of significant delays: ISA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... severe penalties," Dean said. "It is tempting to tap into your super early, some may want to do so as a savings buffer, but nothing in life is for free and cracking open your nest egg comes at steep cost -it should be treated as a last resort." Senator ...

AustralianSuper increases premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... 17% for death, 38% for TPD and 9% for income protection. The fund also moved to assure members that the increases have nothing to do with COVID-19. "And whilst the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the annual review of insurance costs are not linked ...