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Australians demand unpaid super laws: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
A new survey conducted by Industry Super Australia reveals political parties are not doing enough to tackle unpaid superannuation and that legislation is the only solution to an ongoing problem. An overwhelming majority of participants (89%) want a ...

Tobacco company launches life insurance offering

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019
... choices to improve their lifestyle. Research shows that a quarter of smokers in the UK feel that insurance companies don't do enough to incentivise customers to quit smoking, he said. "Reviti aims to change this by offering a discount of up to 50% on ...

Chief economist update: Japan becomes collateral damage in US-China trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... developed as a result of the renewed "little squabble" (as Trump recently put it) between the US and China is evidence enough that no country is safe from the higher tariff tit-for-tat between these two economic behemoths. Trump hasn't completely ...

Chief economist update: A tariff for a tariff

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
... to re-flatten the yield curve. So much so that financial markets are betting that steady interest rates wouldn't be enough given recent developments in the Sino-US trade stoush and the financial markets' reaction to it. The CME FedWatch Tool ...

Insurtechs improve life insurance inefficiencies: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
... that collaboration more impactful. "The research found that only 18% of insurtechs believe incumbents are currently doing enough to collaborate with them in order to truly drive industry innovation," he said. Over 2019, Australia's insurtech ecosystem ...

ACSI calls for ESG, stronger stewardship

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2019
... contribute to sustainable, long-term value creation for beneficiaries." ACSI said the existing APRA guidance does not go far enough in its coverage of ESG and actually confuses ESG, which ACSI defines as a tool for managing financial risk, with ethical ...

Should super funds segregate pension assets?

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
... key to the fund's future." She says the portfolio levers available in an unsegregated structure may not be nuanced enough to meet the legislative requirements of a Comprehensive Income Product for Retirement. "There is no hard and fast rule on what ...

Name and shame super sectors: AIST

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... simple business metric for each financial firm - such as large, very large and small - in a public report did not go far enough. The advocacy body wants to see the individual superannuation sectors called out in AFCA's public report, calling on the complaints ...

Chief economist update: RBA May cut, May not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019
... Australian Financial Review. Yes Virginia, they're looking out for number one (politicking?), of course. I trust the RBA enough not to give in to vested interests and abide by its 'charter': "To ensure that the monetary and banking policy ...

Industry funds announce $26bn joint venture

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2019
... by a large fund." "Our aspiration is to get to $40 billion to $50 billion by 2025," Fairley said. About $40 billion is enough to be able to bring a part of their investments in-house which can drive four to six basis points in savings for the members ...