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Westpac halts short-term bonuses, culls Litepay

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2019
... world's largest anti-slavery organisation, International Justice Mission, in a move to stop Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OSEC) in the Philippines. The bank will also match the current level of funding for the government's SaferKidsPH ...

Industry fund changes insurer

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
... at its maximum level. This also matches the period of life when financial commitments are typically the highest (young children, mortgages etc)," it said. Similarly, the TPD cover is going down for younger and older members, except for the 35-39 age ...

Defined benefits robbed women: Kelty

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
... interested in." Kelty suggested a maternity leave super payment should be made so that women are not disadvantaged for having children. "I'm almost over this issue of super reform, I'm over it. There's one issue: women are treated unfairly. ...

Leaving a legacy

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
... existence, and my parents were willing to give us good education. The rest of it was up to us. I believe even if we had children, our approach to building the business and ultimately giving the money to the foundation would have been exactly the same. ...

ASIC casts doubt over Dollarmites

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... Australians open their first bank account with CBA. "We've heard from parents across the country who are fed up with their children being targeted as future customers," Brown added. Responding to Choice's criticism, a spokesperson for CBA told Financial ...

Members' interests bill sits on the precipice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
... who have the lowest superannuation balances because of absences from the workplace are women who have gone off to raise children," he said. "To think that they would be targeted and disadvantaged by the Labor Party, by the opposition, so that they can ...

Global asset manager moves into healthcare

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
An international asset manager has bought two hospitals in Queensland, marking its entrance into the Australian healthcare sector. AXA Investment Managers - Real Assets has entered the Australian healthcare sector with an investment on behalf of clients ...

Adviser stole $200k from SMSFs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
... himself from four of his clients' SMSF accounts to the tune of $204,000. He used the loans to stave off bankruptcy, pay his children's private school fees and gamble. ASIC said the worst of the offences happened between April 2012 and September 2018. ...

Planning foundation adds directors

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
... the board while serving as a director of The Infants Home, a for-purpose organisation dedicated to protecting women and children in vulnerable circumstances. Maragna has previously appeared in the Financial Standard Power50 and is a regular finance commentator ...

Reform implementation timeframe too short: AustralianSuper

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
... Statistics figures, the fund noted 68% of people aged between 25 and 55 are married, and added 37% of all couple families had children living at home, which is likely to be higher among 25 - 55 year old's, according to the fund. "This indicates a ...