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Integrity Life updates product offering

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
... for immediate family members if visiting the policyholder while they are receiving medical care. The package also includes home care, grief care for the policyholder and their family and the ability for those who may require palliative care to choose ...

Chief economist update: Inflation lifted by smokers with young children and homebuilders

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... and the introduction, continuation and conclusion of a number of government schemes, including childcare fee subsidies and home building grants." The most significant price rises in the December quarter were seen across tobacco (+10.9%), following the ...

Family home dominates adviser conversations

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
Investment and retirement strategies around the family home were hot topics for financial advisers' clients in 2020. BT financial advisers' December 2020 quarter survey found clients continue to query advisers about their eligibility for the ...

WFH arrangements need planning: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... tools but now more planning is needed. "While the steps taken facilitated a relatively seamless transition to working from home, there is now a need to focus on planning for the medium to long-term given that hybrid work arrangements are likely to remain ...

HESTA announces award finalists

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... winners of the three categories - Team Innovation, Outstanding Organisation and Individual Distinction. Each winner will take home $10,000 to help them continue their efforts. The awards are inspired by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals ...

Does financial services have a problem with women?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
... questioned the redraft he allegedly said: "I expect opinions from you. You always give your opinion. Not only do I have a wife at home, I have you here in the office." In September 2020, Escobar advised IOOF she was pregnant and planned to take six months ...

Crackdown on ERS scams continues

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
... government agencies and other entities offering to help you with applications for financial assistance or payments for staying home," Scamwatch said. "Scammers are taking advantage of people in financial hardship due to COVID-19 by attempting to steal ...

Chief economist update: Yuan the victim of China's success

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
... high of US$281.9 billion in December 2020, mainly supported by increased demand for protective equipment and working from home products. This should continue in the coming months given the re-growth of cases of infections in a number of countries. A ...

Chief economist update: China on my mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021
The All Ordinaries index finished 2020 with a gain of 0.7%. Nothing to write home to mother about, especially compared with the 16.3% and 16.0% surge in the S&P 500 and the Nikkei-225, respectively, over the same period. However, the local bourse's ...

ISA calls SG increase delay a tax grab

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
... dragged away from a multi-trillion trough they use to pay themselves bonuses in the tens of millions at the cost of take-home pay [and] home ownership."