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Super fund joins climate initiative

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... emissions such as steel, aluminum, liquefied natural gas, lithium and chemicals. Cbus and Aurecon join National Australia Bank, Schneider Electric and AustralianSuper in representing investments, services, products and knowledge while Fortescue joins ...

Aussie dividends lag on global stage

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... of the biggest drops in the world as a result of the steep cuts made by banks, transport and leisure stocks. Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank and ANZ accounted for three fifths of Australia's $12.3 billion fall in dividends for the quarter. ...

Praemium board bungle

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... of Powerwrap. Was previously chief executive - lending at AXA before going onto being the founding chief executive of ME Bank for nine years. Praemium chair Barry Lewin said the board is delighted to welcome Wamsteker. "With the successful takeover of ...

APRA reduces CBA capital requirement

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has made the decision to reduce Commonwealth Bank's additional capital requirement by half after improving governance concerns. The $1 billion capital add-on has been halved to $500 million with ...

Fifth pillar in retirement system considered

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... discussed the possibility of a fifth pillar in Australia's retirement income system based on a suggestion from the World Bank in 2008. The review noted that currently Australia has three pillars: the Age Pension, compulsory superannuation and voluntary ...

Frydenberg unveils Retirement Income Review

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... economic facts at the time. Frydenberg took into account arguments from the Grattan Institute and the governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia to consider carefully the tradeoff in increasing SG and having less money in people's pockets. Hume flagged ...

Treasury expected to release retirement review

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
Nearly four months after Treasury received the Retirement Income Review's final report, it is expected to be released to the public tomorrow. An independent three-person panel of Treasury veteran Mike Callaghan, former Future Fund board member and ...

Financial adviser reference checks under scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... the reference check protocol to those engaged in activities from general customer service to paraplanning, collections and bank-teller activities but only when that individual is seeking to become a financial adviser (or mortgage broker) at the new licensee. ...

Aussies reunited with $1bn in lost super

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... balance transferred into their active super account. But if the balance is less than $200 the sum will transfer to their bank account and if the person is over 65 years old it will be sent to their bank account regardless of the balance. Those with lost ...

Funds management in ASIC spotlight

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... ensure we have (and can publicly share) much greater data on retail management investment products, wholesale funds and non-bank lending."