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AMP reveals new leadership team

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013

Cognitive function, consumption biggest SMSF risks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
While investors and SMSF promoters point to taxation and compliance as the sector's biggest risks, human and lifestyle factors may actually be bigger threats. Last week the consulting group Deloitte generated much fanfare with a report containing projections ...

Bank levy upsets senior lobby

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
... financial literacy among retirees came under the spotlight, with the release of a manual on retirement from the Australian Human Rights Commission, and a call from National Seniors Australia for mandatory financial education for seniors although details ...

Financial literacy in retirement a human rights issue: AHRC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
Financial literacy among retirees has become a human rights issue, with the release of a manual aimed at helping people prepare for retirement by the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC). The release coincided with a call from National Seniors ...

LGS takes stand on Bangladesh, gains MySuper licence

ALEX DUNNIN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... "not out of sight, out of mind just because it's not in Australia." He said Australian investors face a number of risks if human rights issues are not addressed, including a volatile supply chain, legal issues over failing to meet minimum standards ...

Former ING DIRECT BDM joins EBX

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... practice development and superannuation. Ibbotson holds a degree in Industrial Relations and a Diploma in Management and Human Resource Management and is a member of the Financial Planning Association and the Superannuation Professional Association of ...

Super investors scrutinise companies over LDC working conditions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... countries' (LDCs), with the release of a paper by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) entitled 'Labour and Human Rights Risks in Supply-Chain Sourcing'. This report coincides with the release of a new joint study by retail fund ...

NZ Super offloads mining shares on RE concerns

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
... portfolio. The superannuation fund has now sold all the shares. The fund saw Barrick's activities as inconsistent with the human rights and environmental standards contained in the UN Global Compact, the key benchmark against which the fund's corporate ...

It's the headlines, you twit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
"BREAKING NEWS: President@BarackObama assassinated, 2 gunshot wounds have proved too much. It's a sad 4th for #america. #obamadead RIP." Were it not for this Twitter post - later discovered to be caused by Associated Press' twitter feed being hacked ...

New framework to improve company reporting

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
... framework as soon as practicable after its finalisation later this year," Byrne said. "Many drivers of company value such as human and intellectual capital are not accounted for in conventional corporate reports, short-changing corporate investments ...