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Advisers leaving out ESG

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... have a positive impact can help identify emerging growth trends such as water scarcity and security, and focus on occupational health and safety." Dalton Nicol Reid's Australian Equities high conviction portfolio has returned 12.1% a year over the 10 ...

Active membership in UK occupational pensions waning

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
Between 1967 and 2011 active membership in UK-based occupational pension schemes has dropped by around 30% from 12.2 million to an estimated 8.2 million, according to the Occupational Pension Schemes Survey, 2011. However, there has been an increase ...

AIA expands rehabilitation team

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... experience in their field and include rehabilitation counselor, Karen Robertson, physiotherapist Liz Rodley, and occupational therapist, Joanne Graves. The new hires will assume responsibility for coordinating return to work programs and assisting people ...

Macquarie Life upgrades insurance offerings

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
... measure for assessing impairment based on the ability to perform extended ADLs and, in some cases, will mean that occupational assessment may not be required. The full TPD benefit will be paid if the insured person cannot perform four of the six extended ...

Zurich updates Life Risk product

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
... which allows flexibility to structure 'own' and 'any' occupation TPD inside and outside super, as well as a review of occupational ratings to make it easier for customers in certain occupations to qualify for the top professional rating and according ...

Contrib caps improve super social equity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... tax benefits are still unevenly shared across the income groups but argues that this is due to superannuation being occupational linked rather than due to any explicit social inequity being inbuilt into the system. This occupational link makes point-in-time ...

MySuper Mythconceptions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... that mass market superannuation consumers should be highly engaged. The disconnect this creates helps explain why in occupational super funds many members leave their money in their fund's default investment options and remain insured only under their ...

New ESG guidelines to aid super investors

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... ASX 200 companies currently report no ESG risk, while 53%'s reporting is rated as 'basic', which often constitutes occupational health and safety risk only. Construction, energy and manufacturing sectors are currently among the worst offenders, while ...

Equipsuper launches 'clever' insurance

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... based fund has created a superior policy for members spanning a range of industries. "We've got rid of a lot of our occupational rating factors and things that affected a lot of our members. Being down in the La Trobe valley we've got coal miners who ...

StatewideSuper upgrades insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
StatewideSuper has upgraded its income protection and death and total permanent disability (TPD) insurance cover for all existing members. The new upgrades will provide members with higher default cover and the option to take advantage of occupation ...