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ATO to verify early release requests

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... requests. Hume, the assistant minister for superannuation, financial services and financial technology, told the AFR Wealth Summit the ATO will take on the challenge of verifying requests for early release super (ERS) payments and called on the funds ...

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

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... during recessions." It comes as Prime Minister Scott Morrison told a crowd of business leaders at the AFR's Business Summit the economic impact of the coronavirus in Australia could be worse than the Global Financial Crisis. This, he argued, is due ...

AMP adds competitors to platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... MyNorth platform. Both insurance offers are available for financial advisers and super and pension clients of MyNorth, North, Summit, ipac iAccess and Generations. It comes as Plan For Life Actuaries revealed life insurance risk premium inflows and sales ...

Fossil fuel exposures climb at UniSuper

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2019
... UniSuper chief investment officer John Pearce said simply divesting certain holdings is not an effective strategy, at the FSC summit. UniSuper is a signatory to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment and last year threw its weight behind ...

Chief economist update: Reversal of fortune

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
... the economy of $2.9 million." That was on 7 March 2019, a day after RBA Governor Philip Lowe addressed the AFR Business Summit in Sydney on 'The Housing Market and the Economy', wherein which he stated: "My colleagues at the RBA have examined ...

Macquarie unveils green ambitions in New York

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... executive Shemara Wikramanayake before fellow global business leaders at the Bloomberg Global Business Forum during the UN Summit this week, Macquarie's plans include delivering around 4GW of its renewable energy project pipeline in non-OECD emerging ...

Thousands strike from work for climate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
... Ethical, Future Super and IRESS. The protests,scheduled for September 20, are happening three days out from the UN climate summit. The protests are urging politicians to act immediately to tackle climate change. The Not Business as Usual alliance of ...

Big Super Day Out success, but more to be done

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2019
... institute of Superannuation Trustees calls for more work to improve Indigenous super outcomes. Releasing its Indigenous Super Summit 2019 report this week, the AIST noted the challenges Indigenous Australians face when engaging with the super system ...

United front but no merger: AFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2019
... it's a logical move given the AFA and the FPA represent about 70% of Australia's financial advisers. Appearing at the FSC Summit earlier this week, De Gori didn't rule out the possibility however, saying any merger would be up to the members of each ...

Advice association merger up to members

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... to Financial Planning Association of Australia chief executive Dante De Gori. Speaking at the Financial Services Council Summit in Sydney this week, the head of the FPA said the advice industry was still being "ripped apart" in Canberra for not showing ...