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Budget boosts female participation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
This year's federal budget will help advance gender parity in the workforce and uphold the financial security of women, which has been knocked back by the coronavirus pandemic. Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is making sure women are not left ...

Super-backed company develops COVID treatment

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
A biotech company backed by AustralianSuper, HESTA, Hostplus and Statewide Super has developed a new preventative treatment shown to reduce COVID-19 levels by up to 96%. The product, INNA-051, is being developed by Ena Respiratory, and works by stimulating ...

Australia world class in retirement wellbeing

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... all have an important role to play in addressing these issues, and we believe the 2020 Global Retirement Index can help advance the dialogue by providing a clear and consistent picture of where each economy stands on a range of key indicators."

Moody's adds to CreditView platform

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... part of our commitment to provide market participants with meaningful performance measurements and insights that help advance strategic resilience, responsible capitalism, and the greening of the economy," Moody's global head of ESG solutions Andrea ...

Asset allocators not prepared for market complexity: Milestone

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... current state technology is highly fragmented across the front and middle offices." "We know that investment strategies will advance and complexity and demand for scale will increase still further. Reading between the lines, we see evidence of an acceleration ...

ETFs undermine product comparison: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
The proliferation of products in the booming exchange-traded funds market is confusing investors and making it impossible to make like-for-like comparisons. New research from the US shows the exchange-traded product industry operates opaquely on many ...

InvestPro appoints Australia lead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
Financial Risk Solutions (FRS), provider of InvestPro, has announced the appointment of country manager for Australia. Terry Kyle will take on the role and his appointment is part of the firm's ongoing expansion in the region. Kyle will be responsible ...

Chief economist update: The W in the second wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
"The summer has ended When it left, you left too..." -Leif Garrett, When I Think of You' Right in the middle of the Northern Hemisphere summer, the Euro Stoxx-50 index surged by 42.7% from the eight-year low it plumbed in the middle of March this ...

More clarity on life insurance best interest duty needed: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
An Actuaries Institute Taskforce has made sweeping recommendations for broad changes to Australia's retail disability income insurance market, including providing examples of Best Interest Duty in life insurance. The report said ASIC included in ...

Praemium to acquire remaining Powerwrap shares

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
Praemium is set to add to its 92.31% stake in Powerwrap, as it moves to acquire its outstanding shares on issue. Compulsory acquisition notices will be dispatched to Powerwrap shareholders tomorrow, Praemium says, unless they accept the offer by 7.00pm ...