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Consumers confused by general, personal advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
... and general advice needs to be addressed." The report was commissioned by ASIC and undertaken by an independent research agency, Whereto Research. The research used hypothetical scenarios where consumers were getting financial advice to test whether ...

Big banks, super funds join forces for sustainability

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... the subsequent broader impacts these will have." The announcement also comes in the same week the International Energy Agency released a report stating global carbon dioxide emissions rose to the highest levels on record in 2018.

Gender pay gap should be government priority

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
... is calling for a pre-election commitment from all parties by way of increasing funding for the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, and supporting female angel investor networks. The ASX Corporate Governance Council recently revised its principles and urged ...

Chief economist update: Wrong way, go down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
... refuses to go down. This is despite consensus expectations willing it to go down. On its website, the Economy Forecast Agency published a table showing the A$ will close at US$0.6840 by the end of this year. HSBC is more bearish, predicting the Australian ...

Fintech expands team for ongoing growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
... He is a former chair and treasurer of the Australian Securities Lending Association. At State Street, Martin was head of agency securities lending trading. FinClear also added a new head of sales and business development in Allan McGregor. Previously ...

Ideas give insight to opportunity: Vanguard

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
... to the global economy," Davis said. "And it is a concept, respectfully, that I have not found one economist or economic agency talking about." He said the opportunity would "not manifest tomorrow," but said it was there for the taking within the next ...

ASIC enforcement must get tough: Commissioner

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2019
... to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). He stopped just short of recommending a civil enforcement agency for misconduct evidence gathered in ASIC investigations. While such a body could have specialist litigation expertise, and ...

Former TAL chief appointed at Swiss Re

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
... currently serves on the boards of Dai-ichi Life Asia Pacific and Equity Trustees, as well as the National Disability Insurance Agency. Additionally, Minto chairs Partners Life, a New Zealand life insurance company. Chair of Swiss Re's boards in Australia ...

Mercer names new people and culture lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
... after working as a strategy and engagement executive manager at the Australian government's Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). She helped lead Future IM/Pact, an initiative between Mercer and AustralianSuper, Cbus Super, Future Fund, HESTA ...

Advice jobs are coming: Recruiter

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... of booming job prospects, as the industry switches into hiring mode after a tough year of regulation, a large recruiting agency reports. According to the latest Hays Jobs Report, advice businesses sat on recruiting new talent in the second half of last ...