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Active Super found guilty of greenwashing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024
Active Super has been found guilty of misleading the public with false claims about its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) credentials. The profit-to-member fund, which is set to merge with Vision Super in March 2025, made claims on its website ...

More businesses fold, unpaid super recovery measure to launch

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024
... provides funding to liquidators to enable recovery efforts who otherwise do not have the financial resources to pursue. Claims that the program may fund include investigations, such as public examinations, and independent solvency reports, as well as ...

Hostplus rejigs Maritime Super insurance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024
... training, or experience. Hostplus has also updated terms and conditions of its Death and TPD cover to allow the assessment of claims related to suicide and self-harm, offering greater "security and peace of mind" to members and their beneficiaries. Moreover ...

Emissions data demand drives tech growth

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024
... real data - and ultimately, to prevent greenwashing, chief executive Carl Prins said. The regulator is scrutinising green claims, and investors need to ensure data does not rely on estimates. Clients want to "move away from sectoral estimates as fast ...

Liberals respond to Federal Budget

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
... proposed unlocking gas reserves in key areas like the Beetaloo Basin, defunding the Environmental Defenders Office, which he claims is obstructing important projects, and committing to an annual release of offshore acreage for exploration and development ...

ClearView closes ClearChoice Super Rollover, launches trauma options

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024
... uncertainty due to the subjectivity of assessing total and permanent disability, and the length of time it takes to assess claims," she said. Separately, ClearView's ClearChoice Super Rollover ceases taking new monies as of today. "From 13 May 2024 ...

Brisbane financial adviser has assets frozen

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
... involved funds and may act to the detriment of aggrieved parties upon learning of the investigation. The Court also noted that claims by aggrieved individuals, based on ASIC's current analysis, could significantly exceed the amounts held in their ...

APRA 'continuing to monitor' UniSuper outage

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
... when a network gateway fails, but it will be responsible for the outcome - which is the inability of customers to lodge claims or access other services." Meanwhile, corporate regulator ASIC said that the matter "predominantly concerns APRA," but offered ...

ATO flags key focus areas this tax time

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024
... three key areas where taxpayers make common mistakes this tax season. Incorrectly claiming work-related expenses, inflation claims for rental properties and failing to include all income when lodging will all be focus areas for the ATO come end of financial ...

Aussies underestimate life insurance's importance: Investment Trends

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2024
... strategies to meet the evolving preferences of consumers," Guiamatsia said. The report also highlighted that life insurance claims processing takes an average of 7.3 days within super and 5.1 days outside of it, while death benefit claims average around ...