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CBA donates $2m to community charities

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... organisation adapt its Indigenous learning methodology to online. "Coronavirus has ensured that Tranby is doing things a little differently to what we usually do, but our community focus and social impact remain the same," she said. "We are extremely ...

FIIG calls for taxation, regulatory overhaul

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... bonds in a self-managed superannuation portfolio up to an allocation of 40% of the portfolio. It said this will have a little impact on forward estimates of the commonwealth, particularly if it were to apply solely to SMSF portfolios, where asset allocation ...

Platform prototypes compliance capability

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
... throws up a flag for you - saying that the information is potentially not complete - giving you a reason to go and look a little bit further." The system is designed as an early warning indicator, he said, so that licensees can intervene if it recognises ...

Pessimism strikes Australia, US optimistic

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... seeing losses as high as -34% within the first few weeks of the crisis, financial professionals saw losses moderate to as little as -10% by the end of April. The survey showed that 51% of financial professionals globally saw initial volatility caused ...

The secret to neutralising sequencing risk

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
... risk taking needed in portfolios to meet expected rates of return or CPI + thresholds - because the risk-free rate gave so little nominal reward." Investors had become complacent during a decade of high returns, he said, and were subsequently blinded ...

Industry fund drops Rio Tinto amid sacred site outcry

HARRISON WORLEY, ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... the companies they own prior to such irreparable damage taking place," van de Pol said. "Perhaps if super funds were a little more active in their management of environmental, social and governance issues, the concerns raised by traditional owners over ...

Life insurance salary guide for 2020

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... to take on candidates from these sectors and provide thorough training and support, the return in investment can take as little as three to six months." As for underwriting, the profession is seeing a rapid change of pace due in large to automation and ...

BetaShares to list hedged versions of global stocks ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
... very hard to read the currency market and to read investor behaviour...the future on the currency side is going to be a little bit less certain and not as clear." Local investors poured $735 million into currency-hedged global equities managed funds ...

Labor calls for end to war on super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... said. "At his most radical Bragg has argued that low income earners would be better off opting out of super and taking a little extra cash to spend now. His fallback option is to allow everyone to access their super at any time they're feeling the ...

Senator criticises lazy super system

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... doing so, casted doubt over whether the proposal will actually eventuate. "The problem with best-in-show is that it's a little bit complicated to explain. It was one solution to changing the default mechanism, but I think that there are other ways ...