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Suncorp pressured on coal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... which align the business practices with the 2015 Paris Agreement. "Suncorp's exposure to the fossil fuels industry is not material, being less than 0.5% in the insurance business and investment portfolio, and a negligible proportion of our commercial ...

Government to close super salary sacrifice loophole

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... sacrifice arrangements can also take the form of superannuation contributions - which are deductible for employers but are not included in employees' assessable income. Such contributions are included in the assessable income of superannuation funds ...

Shorting doesn't have to be risky: Solaris

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... argued Altium has a strong business model and increasing market share while the other WAAAX stocks are expensive. "Altium is not cheap but it looks cheap compared to the other WAAAX stocks," Martin said. He explained that Solaris would never do a naked ...

Axe super for low-income earners: Senator

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... of around 25 million people amassing the world's fourth-largest private pension pool. According to Bragg, the system is not working for Australians, and the legislated increases to the superannuation guarantee are beyond unnecessary. "Certainly the ...

Standard Life Assurance fined for hawking non-advised annuities

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
... its call centre staff "significant bonuses and rewards" if they exceeded targets for selling annuities to customers who did not get financial advice. Nearly 22% of sales staff received more than 100% of their base salary in bonus payments, leading the ...

Active, passive investing continues to confuse: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
... expectations had raised despite a challenging recent period in financial markets, however noted investors' tolerance for risk did not match the appetite for returns. About 86% of investors said long-term results were more important than short-term gains ...

Member interests delay recommended

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
... versed in the practice. "While mindful of this concern, the committee considers that renegotiating insurance contracts is not an unfamiliar process to superannuation funds," the committee said. Responding to the committee's endorsement of the proposed ...

AMP Capital revamps ethical super funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
... transparency, which is why we have a well-established investment approach that invests ethically across all asset classes, not just equities, and discloses every investment held to the public." As part of the updates, the fund has enhanced its investment ...

FPA launches new CPD platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
... functions that give access to up to 4,000 hours of CPD from over 100 suppliers in one place. The CPD hours are compliant with not only the FPA but the Tax Practitioner's Board and FASEA. FPA chief executive Dante De Gori said: "We set out to build ...

ASIC moves against SMSF auditor misconduct

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
... the Australian Tax Office, ASIC confirmed. Three New South Wales auditors were disqualified by ASIC, including Tram Tran for not being a fit and proper person, having already been deregistered from a statutory role by another regulator. Kelvin Wright ...