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Call for super funds to divest gambling interests

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019
... Australians are being funnelled into industries such as gambling that are responsible for the erosion of savings and general welfare." Research conducted by the Responsible Investment Association of Australia showed that 86% of millennials and 73% of ...

Industry super fund appoints new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019
... and stockbroking. After financial services, Haddock worked in several non-executive directorships and Catholic Church welfare organisations. In 2012, he was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia. "I would like to thank the board, management and ...

Chief economist update: RBA May cut, May not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019
... stability of the currency of Australia; the maintenance of full employment in Australia; and the economic prosperity and welfare of the people of Australia." In discerning the RBA's next move, we must look at what it saw at its last meeting and if ...

Gender pay gap should be government priority

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
... women, would "avoid the perfect of storm of more women living longer, retiring on less and relying on tax payer funded welfare." "It has been proven over and again that gender balanced leadership leads to better decisions and more equitable outcomes ...

Former ASFA chair sees new EQT role

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... "As deputy chair, Jim will support me, ensuring the board continues to aspire to excellence in governance standards, the welfare of all our staff, and act in the best interests of all our customers and stakeholders, and stand in for me as required." ...

Labor reforms to increase welfare dependency

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
... franking credit reforms will substantially impact the income of more than one million Australians, forcing them to seek welfare. In an address yesterday, Alliance for a Fairer Retirement System chair Deborah Ralston said the vast majority of those to ...

Zurich partners for future of work and insurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
... governments. These are currently exacerbated by uncertainty in the economy, higher levels of consumer debt and stretched welfare budgets," Shaughnessy said. Zurich's Australian life and investments business chief executive Tim Bailey said: "The responsibility ...

Scrapping LRBAs would be detrimental to investors

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
... goals. The goals of small business and government here are aligned - self-funded retirement with less or no dependence on welfare," Street said.

What do future asset managers look like?

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... better anticipate things like company earnings revisions." He said JPMAM's portfolios will continue to "enhance the welfare of the societies in which we live in for the present and the future." "This is why asset managers of the future will continue ...

Insurance shake-up puts clients first

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... seen how it can be a life changer and a lifesaver for people. It can help many people avoid the poverty trap and become welfare dependent. It's an incredibly important product," he says. In one case he worked on, the insurer insisted the claimant, who ...