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ASX seeks to improve investment products offering

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022
... processes could be improved, and minimum fund sizes should change for LICs, LITs and REITs. Another area it is looking at is whether listed investment products should have similar naming requirements to those that fall under the AQUA or Warrant rules. ...

'We're living in the world China is making': Conference

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2022
... years. Though despite pressing concerns about China, they remain Australia's largest trading partner. Grant posited whether Australia can continue to uphold the virtues of liberal democracy and respect the freedoms afforded by international coven ...

Active Super enhances parental leave policy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2022
... four weeks leave at full pay and SG contributions, up from one week. "Paying employees super while on parental leave, whether paid or unpaid, along with extending paid parental leave to 18 weeks, are important initiatives to help reduce the gender gap ...

APRA, ASIC publish life claims and disputes data

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2022
... with an insurance policy. Other costs, such as administration, acquisition costs and claims reserves, are not included." "Whether and how profitable the product is to the insurer will also depend on these factors." Claims paid ratios by cover type had ...

End choice dashboard delay: AIST

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022
... delay raised questions about the current government's commitment to transparency, disclosure, and accountability, and whether it was more interested in protecting the manufacturers of high fee, low return choice products than helping Australians with ...

Government welcomes ATO family trust guidance

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2022
... government will carefully consider the implications of the decision, particularly for hard-working small business families, whether it raises any inequitable outcomes that may not have been the intention of the tax law, and whether they can be dealt ...

Advice Revolution appoints head of sales

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2022
... appointment, Thom said she had never worked for a product that has such a positive reaction from advisers and practices. "Whether you're a large or small practice, it can be picked up and used straight out of the box. This is so important for businesses ...

North ESG AUM boasts rapid growth

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2022
... Australian and New Zealand markets exceed $100 billion at the end of September 2021, up almost 40% on the prior year. "Whether it's carbon emissions, community engagement or working conditions, there is ever increasing demand for investments which take ...

Key investor trends unveiled in latest IFM report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022
... transition that will require meticulous planning to ensure energy certainty and resolutions to any intermittency issues. Whether it be by 2030, 2050 or today, it will require unprecedented levels of new infrastructure investment to achieve this net zero ...

Super fund restructures, adds new roles

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022
... maintain that super funds should be primarily judged on the quality of the member outcomes they deliver and not simply whether they are large or small." On Tuesday, APRA named the small superannuation funds - those having less than $10 billion in assets ...