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Wealth managers bracing for compensation claims

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2023
... particularly worrying that it will focus on a poor understanding of client risk profiles," she explained. "We would urge them to act now and get ahead of any changes in regulation."

State Super sets net zero targets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021
... science experts and data from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change also show it makes the best financial sense to act now."

Data to improve TPD outcomes: ASIC

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
... working with trustees for insurance in superannuation and improving claims handling. However, ASIC is urging insurers to act now to meet the requirements of new insurance law reforms from the design and distribution obligations on 5 October 2021 and ...

Cairns women disadvantaged by super gender gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
... Littleton said. ISA chief executive Bernie Dean said: "It is time we bridged the gender gap in super - if Cairns' MPs don't act now local women's savings will keep falling further behind." "Government MPs Warren Entsch have a simple choice he can fight ...

Climate change greater threat than COVID: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020
... have 880,000 fewer jobs by 2070. However, it also found that there would be a large financial gain if the country did act now to fight the effects of climate change. "That's a $3.4 trillion lost opportunity over the next half a century. But there's a ...

Super funds accused of chest beating on climate change

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... Super's position on climate change is not based on ideology but on data and research that tells us we need to act, and to act now," Aware Super investment committee chair Rosemary Kelly said. "As long-term investors we can support the industries ...

Female access to ERS to widen gender super gap

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... facing poverty in retirement. We cannot stand by and watch more generations face the same plight. It is important that we act now to ensure that women are at the centre of any post-COVID super or other economic recovery policy measures." The AIST and ...

Australia only needs 15 super funds: Consultant

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... additional negative impact on funds and their cashflows. All these forces combined means the superannuation industry needs to act now."

Climate crisis tops list of risks for 2020s

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
... disasters are set to dominate 2020 and the coming decade. World Economic Forum president Borge Brende said we need to act now. "The political landscape is polarized, sea levels are rising and climate fires are burning," he said. "This is the year when ...

Recognition for industry leader in fight against slavery

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2019
... a panel of experts to draft a guidance for the Modern Slavery Act. "We should celebrate that we have a Modern Slavery Act now in Australia," he said. He pointed out that the mandatory reporting and the requirement for investors to report under the Australian ...