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Life insurers breach own code consistently

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
Law firm Maurice Blackburn has called out the life insurance industry, saying insurers breached their Code of Practice hundreds of times in just six months. The Life Code Compliance Committee (LCCC) conducted an investigation and found many insurers ...

Diversity should not exclude white men: Thinking Ahead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
... can't prove that diversity adds to your bottom line does that mean you don't employ more women?" There is another problem with the performance case for diversity - the idea that inclusion has to be earned. "The other problem with the strict performance ...

Chief economist update: The cure for Italy's tourism problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
Italy, it seems, is getting everything that it wished for courtesy of one microscopic organism. Long before the COVID-19 epidemic spread, the Italian government implemented new rules and regulations in an attempt to reduce over tourism including; prohibiting ...

Global stocks plunge as COVID-19 fear accelerates, oil crashes

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... long-running bull market, which near reached an 11-year run, clouded investors views of the risks involved in equities. "The problem with a long-run bull market is that investors forget what can happen when things go badly. The last few weeks have been ...

Major firms criticised for substandard RI approach

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
The world's most influential asset managers have adopted a substandard approach to responsible investment, according to a new report. ShareAction, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to making investment a force for good, has ranked the world's ...

Latest data reveals super admin problem

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
Around half of complaints received about superannuation are to do with account administration issues, according to latest data from AFCA. The Australian Financial Complaints Authority's (AFCA) Datacube revealed out of the 2220 complaints received about ...

Chief economist update: The crash we have to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... Trump's trade war -- and other challenges in-between -- proved no match for central bank money Throw enough money at the problem and the problem will go away. ZIRP (zero interest rate policy), NIRP (negative interest rate policy) and QE (quantitative ...

Equities not that expensive: Hamish Douglass

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... of Cinderella; they're all at the ball and they're expecting to leave the party at one minute before midnight. The only problem is at this party the clock has no hands. "How many people can really identify where the asset bubbles are in the world, are ...

Chief economist update: A crisis of supply, demand and confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
... or simply afraid of contracting the virus in their workplace or as they commute to their workplace. That is the supply problem. Lower interest rates could theoretically ramp up demand but increased demand amounts to zilch if there's nothing to buy. ...

Helping everyone helps women

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
... authors noted that motherhood typically brings a wage penalty and reduces workplace equality. "These issues are not just a problem for women, they are a problem for society and the economy, which is less productive and less integrated as a result," said ...