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Asgard, Future Super shamed on ERS

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
At a hearing of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics that was supposed to focus on ME Bank's recent troubles, the super funds performing poorly in terms of early release copped surprise criticism. APRA had advised that early ...

Zurich pledges to COVID-19 support

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... unprecedented 48% increase in demand for food relief across our charity agencies. We are seeing new demographic groups who have never had to ask for food assistance before and we know this problem will not be fixed overnight." "In the past month, we ...

Wage growth, not wage cuts

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
With wage cuts across the country and wage rises likely off the table, a former senior public servant and academic has pressed the case for wage growth instead. In an article for The Conversation, Australian National University College of Business and ...

FPA confirms redundancies

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... consumers. "Our members are facing more regulation, higher education standards and increased costs. At the same time, there has never been a greater need for Australians to seek financial advice," De Gori said. "In this context, we are excited to set ...

Banks accused of violating worker ethics

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... Angrisano said. "They are expected to sell loans to their friends, spruik their employers at children's football games and never express a critical thought about the way their employer behaves." She added that workers were the forgotten element in the ...

APRA urged to probe industry funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... questions about their fulfilment of the sole purpose test (such as allocating significant capital to ME Bank when it has never returned a dividend), conflicts of interest (such as heavy exposure to ISPT and IFM Investors) and low transparency (such as ...

Australian ETF market shows strength

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
... actively trading ETFs. "It's important investors understand that not all ETFs are created equal. There are some we would never touch or recommend to clients including leveraged ETFs, active ETFs and complex synthetic ETFs that aren't backed by the underlying ...

Willis Towers Watson ushers in the future of work

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... rethink their workforce and create a sustainable operating model and cost structure at a time when the world of work has never been more uncertain," he said. The software will allow companies to analyse work at a task level, he said, so as to gain greater ...

Road to recovery

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... take on companies and strategies that rely on turnarounds, it's time that they did. "With these global changes, there has never been a better time for business leaders to continue and accelerate the transformation that they have already begun." Loades ...

Retirees hurt by APRA dividend pressure

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... dividends too," he said. Middleton said the reality is that some investors, including plenty of self-funded retirees, may never get back to where they once were. "While the bank's capital position is unaltered by having a rights issue to effectively ...