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Hume blasts super merger laggards

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
Senator Jane Hume has slammed the superannuation industry over the excuses used by super funds for not merging, saying there is simply no excuse when members' best interests are at play. Speaking on the final day of the ASFA Conference in Melbourne ...

Chief economist update: Wheels of US recession in motion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
... rise in stock prices and the narrowing of credit spreads observed over the same interval." We're getting the same excuses and rationalisations on why the US economy - low unemployment rate; strong consumer optimism and spending; still expanding ISM ...

Super fund proxy voting behaviour revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
... proposals relate to the disclosure of climate risk and setting targets for reducing emissions. Funds are running out of valid excuses for not supporting proposals of this nature, particularly when groups like the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) ...

HESTA joins ESG social media fight

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2019
... content from being posted and streamed." "It's unacceptable that in 2019 we're still hearing social media companies provide excuses on these issues - like other large organisations that operate in the real world, they need to be held accountable for ...

Superannuation Guarantee continues to fail employees: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
... One admin worker commented he was "too scared" to ask the employer why his super isn't being paid and end up making excuses. The employer typically responds with: 'After the tax you don't get much, how about instead I give you some time in ...

Chief economist update: Onwards and downwards to a recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
... quarter and 1.8% in the final quarter of last year, down to just 1% in the March 2018 quarter. There have been a number of excuses for the Japan's first quarter contraction... but mostly along the lines of "these are preliminary numbers" would be ...

Social media singles out ASIC in Royal Commission coverage

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... that underpin a core business offering could be that bad should tell you something. I'm not really sure there are any excuses here. https://t.co/lEPjiHa9dr - Jessica Ellerm (@JessicaEllerm) April 16, 2018 Zuper chief executive Jessica Ellerm noted there ...

Advisers back higher education standards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... James from Fortify Financial says: "We need to get on with it and lift our game as a profession. There are no longer any excuses as time is on our side - if we act now." Back to school: What advisers think of the new education standards The incoming ...

Australia dulled to gender diversity: AMP Capital

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... dulled to the issue." "Despite the many benefits, we still seem to have an even greater number of reasons, biases and excuses holding us back from addressing it fully. In Australia, you are less likely to be appointed CEO or chairman of a company if ...

December maybe?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
... five "August-ses" and how the three-month average growth in employment remains a respectable 232,000 but the absent these excuses, August's US jobs report missed expectations. Employment's a miss - there were only 151,000 jobs created versus expectations ...