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Tasmanian super funds seek insurer

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
... incapacity cover) for an eight-year period, expected to start July 2020. Superannuation Commission (a branch of the department of Treasury and Finance) is the trustee of the Retirement Benefits Fund which has five sub-funds including SFCSS and TASSS. ...

Gender wealth gap down to 11%: Roy Morgan

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
... appears to be increased female participation in the workforce, which has gone from 56.4% in 2007 to 61.9% in 2019. The Department of Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business estimates that growth in female employment is likely to continue outpacing ...

Deeming rate calculations should be independent: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... part of the social security income test for pensioners including Veterans' Affairs allowances, according to the Department of Social Services. "Deeming assumes that financial investments are earning a certain rate of income, regardless of the amount ...

Irish pension funds reduce equity exposure

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
... expects an increase in ESG attention to continue as a result of the 2017 European Pension Directive, IORPII and the UK Department of Work and Pension Investment Regulations coming into force in October 2019. Both these regulatory initiatives require ...

Government reduces deeming rates

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
... The Federal Government has announced changes to deeming rates, a move welcomed by over 600,000 age pensioners. The Department of Human Services (DHS) will backdate deeming rates from 1 July 2019. The lower deemed rate will drop from 1.75% to 1%, while ...

Chief economist update: Don't buy a Big Mac in America

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... higher even higher to 97.4890. While Trump only nominated China and Europe in his "currency manipulation" tweet, the US Department of Treasury Office of International Affairs had already put nine countries on its "Monitoring List" two months before in ...

Financial scams smash Australia

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
Latest research from KPMG shows financial scams are hitting Australia harder than both the US and UK. The consulting giant's inaugural Global Banking Fraud survey found Australia suffered a disproportionately high volume of financial scam attempts in ...

Parametric bolsters leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2019
... Parametric from AQR, where he was lead researcher on risk parity portfolio risk models. He is an adjunct lecturer in the Department of Finance at the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota. Parametric chief investment officer Paul Bouchey ...

New AFCA remit not enough: Law firm

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
... Treasury," said Dan Creevey, who heads the dispute resolution team at Brisbane-based Creevey Russell Lawyers. He said the Department of Treasury has advised it is considering whether and how it will deal with the gap. "Our view is that, as a matter of ...

Chief economist update: Currency manipulators beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
... undercut American producers and import cheap goods into the United States. Under a rule change proposed by the Commerce Department on Thursday, the United States would expand its ability to penalise countries that manipulate their currencies. The move ...