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ASFA, Deloitte recommend group insurance changes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2022
... be for income protection or total permanent disability. Moreover, this only applies to income and occupational support rather than medical support. The removal of such barriers would allow insurers to expedite treatments that are delayed due to cost ...

BGL appoints head of ecosystem

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2022
... rise up the company ranks. "We are proud to have an extraordinary talent pool at BGL that allows us to promote internally rather than seek externally for senior team member," he said. "Brad has been a valued and talented member of the BGL team for 12 ...

New Ethereum ETF launches on Cboe Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2022
... the world's first ever Ethereum ETF. CPET invests in the Purpose Ether ETF which holds physically settled Ether tokens rather than derivatives. Since its launch on the Toronto Stock Exchange in April 2021, the Purpose Ether ETF has accumulated more than ...

No place for crypto in insto portfolios: PGIM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2022
... quest to build a viable, decentralised peer-to-peer payment system, but its pricing is based on speculative behaviour, rather than a fundamental thesis around its value or utility... we see no reason for cryptocurrencies to be part of institutional portfolios," ...

Tesla axed from the S&P 500 ESG index

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
... a Tesla company impact report said that current ESG reporting didn't measure the scope of positive impact on the world. Rather it focused on measuring the dollar value of risk/return. "Individual investors - who entrust their money to ESG funds of large ...

Non-negotiables for recruiting in the new normal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2022
... the organisation," Irving said. "This is not about stating the objective is greatest possible returns for investors, but rather how those returns are generated. And what additional value the organisation adds." Those companies that can articulate and ...

Datt Capital lashes board nominees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022
... requisitioning shareholders' "proposed strategy focuses on cost cutting measures and further delays in the product roadmap rather than leveraging and further monetising the strength of the Selfwealth brand." "The overall impression was haphazard relative ...

ATO slammed for failing to collect billions in unpaid super

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2022
... address compliance problems at its source. ISA has advocated for a commitment to mandate that super is paid with wages rather than the legislated four times a year now. An ISA statement said quarterly payments can be exploited by those deliberately short-changing ...

Australian Ethical hands down tech mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2022
... wealth industry," Whelan added. At the time of the rebrand, Whelan said: "At DASH, we see ourselves as a technology partner, rather than a product which platforms have now morphed into."

Pain of commodity price increases to last: World Bank

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2022
... targeted safety-net programs, the World Bank said, including school feeding programs, cash transfers and public work programs, rather than dishing out food and fuel subsidies. The World Bank is also calling on nations to accelerate the development of ...