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MLC Life Insurance raises $650 million

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2021
... continuing beyond next year [2021] is of concern in light of the increased unemployment rate due to worsening economy impacted by COVID-19 and expected increase in claims payment and cancellations etc. relating to such developments," Nippon said. MLC ...

Super fund targets homegrown opportunities

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 JAN 2021
... several silver linings from the unpredictability and volatility of 2020 as instigated by the coronavirus. "Coming out of COVID-19 next year, we are hoping that Australia will lead the recovery," Michalakis says. "One thing we will see out of the pandemic ...

MTAA Super awards scholarships

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
... MTAA Super chair John Brumby said the scholarship program will help new and experienced workers deal with the impacts of COVID-19. "Like many industries, Australia's auto industry has been seriously impacted by the pandemic and the recession. Many ...

ASIC slams auditors

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
... impairment of non-financial assets and the audit of revenue. The six-month review period does not factor in the impact of COVID-19. Consequently, this leads to more difficult judgements on asset values, liabilities, solvency, going concern and disclosures ...

SuperConcepts appoints interim chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
... executive], including rolling out significant improvements to the SuperMate platform, the internal workflow system, managing the COVID-19 pandemic and the shift to a flexible workforce and elevating the SuperConcepts Net Promoter Score (NPS) by 41.5% ...

APRA Connect to go live in 2021

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020
... about APRA Connect and confident that the revised implementation approach is responsive to the impacts of the challenging COVID-19 environment and will facilitate a lower risk transition to the new solution," he said.

ASIC takes action against La Trobe Financial

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 DEC 2020
... liquidity event. Financial Standard understands that no liquidity event, even though the global financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic, ever occurred that required La Trobe to delay meeting redemptions. "We have never withheld a monthly distribution ...

Hume promoted to cabinet

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 21 DEC 2020
... one of the key areas of our job-making economic plan for Australia and has become even more evident as we emerge from the COVID-19 recession." Hume was first appointed as assistant minister in 2019 following the election. She previously held positions ...

RBA adds former BT director to board

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
... that monetary policy continues to support Australia's economic resilience and prosperity through the recovery phase of the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

Real estate investor chief retires

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
... always sought to stay true to our purpose 'that we are here to look after people'. This has been tested as much this year by COVID-19 as it was back in 1998 when we saw an opportunity to start-up a real estate business that put people first," Weightman ...