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Superannuation Guarantee continues to fail employees: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
A new study debunks the myth that blue-collar workers are the occupational group most likely not to receive their superannuation entitlements. Using ATO data from 2015/16, Mercer's Unsupered report reveals of the 397,900 salaried employees who are ...

AMP, IOOF: Saved by ESG

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
... by the Royal Commission." As another example of lessons coming out of the Royal Commission, the report looked at the case study of IOOF. Martin Currie said under the spotlight of the Royal Commission "with deteriorating relations with the main superannuation ...

Corporate superannuation fund hunts new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
... as operations director of air traffic control at Melbourne Airport and a member of Rotary International Businessman's Study Exchange. TelstraSuper chief executive Chris Davies said Leggo's leadership has been instrumental in the success of the ...

Chief economist update: ECB digs deeper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2019
Super Mario's back to doing whatever it takes. When European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi spoke at 'The ECB and Its Watchers XX' conference in Frankfurt on March 27, he concluded his speech emphasising that, "... the ECB will ...

AMP, Griffith University support professionalism

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2019
AMP is funding a financial advice research fellowship with the aim of raising professional standards in the advice industry. The new research fellowship and scholarship program is in partnership with Griffith University's Business School. As part of ...

Regulators name laggard life insurance providers

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 APR 2019
... claims are paid in the first instance (92%), the wait and resolution times vary significantly across providers, a joint study by the regulators found. AMP (eight months) and Westpac (three months) take the longest to process death claims within group ...

Industry Super Holdings slammed for weapons investment

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... pressure to divest its stake in a company that supplies weapons technology to Saudi Arabia from the global community. A study conducted by consumer watchdog and activist group SumOfUs reveals ISH, which is owned by industry superannuation funds, as a ...

Australian subscription firms outperform ASX growth index

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
... sales-per-share index. The report by Zoura found that over a seven year period, from 2012 to 2018, the companies featured in the study saw their sales grow by more than 300%, representing an 18% compound annual growth rate. Zoura, a cloud based subscription ...

Up close and personal: Women in financial services

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
... Victoria, a place she frequently visits. Passionate about art, her interest stemmed from an early age. Kennedy was inspired to study art history at university while working casually at an insurance company in her native Scotland. What was originally ...

Risk advice a hard sell: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
... if participants would pay $2000 or more for life insurance advice, 100% said, 'no.' Of the advisers who took part in the study, two thirds charged $2000 or more for life insurance advice. Zurich Life & Investments chief executive Tim Bailey said consumers' ...