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Disability income faces reckoning

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
... products, invoking the industry to come together and find a solution by the end of the year. Speaking at the 2021 Actuaries Summit on Wednesday, Jim Minto reflected on the "broken" state of disability income benefits, which are increasingly becoming ...

Chief economist: Of capital gains taxes, COVID-19 and climate change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo. Concerns over climate change was brought back to the fore as the US holds a two-day virtual summit with 40 other world leaders to address the earth's climate crisis and the need for immediate action to reverse its negative ...

Commissions likely to stay: Hume

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
... commissions are an acceptable form of remuneration," Hume told yesterday's Financial Services Council Life Insurance Summit. "I recognise that a flat fee charged for advice can be a challenging business proposition." In the same breadth, Hume announced ...

Government merges advice reviews

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
... women's economic security Jane Hume announced this morning. Speaking at the annual Financial Services Council Life Insurance Summit, Hume highlighted areas that overlap across the two reviews that prompted the move. Under Treasury's new remit, it ...

ASIC pursues criminal charges in super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... Director of Public Prosecutions and is undertaking more than 20 enforcement investigations. Addressing the AFR Business Summit, ASIC deputy chair Karen Chester said its recent actions against Rest and Statewide Super are just the tip of the iceberg when ...

ASIC to take targeted approach with PIP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2021
... targeted, calibrated and less prescriptive approach to regulation. Speaking at the Australian Finance Industry Association Risk Summit, Hughes said ASIC will only be calling on its new PIP powers to intervene when absolutely necessary. "As industry steps ...

Christian Super recognised for impact investing

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
... including sustainability, healthcare and financial inclusion. The awards are a collaboration between the Impact Investment Summit Asia Pacific and the Impact Investing Hub and recognise organisations and individuals with expertise, commitment and outstanding ...

No evidence lower SG will result in higher wages: ACTU summit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
... considering postponing the legislated rise to the superannuation guarantee by those speaking at the ACTU Emergency Super Summit. Executive director at Per Capita, Emma Dawson said indication that a lower SG will help build wages growth is fundamentally ...

Female access to ERS to widen gender super gap

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and Women in Super. New data shown at the annual Women's Super Summit revealed during the first tranche of super withdrawals females between the ages of 25-34 had an average starting balance ...

Law firm slams insurer mental health policies

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... to pressure workers back to work or to otherwise minimise costs." At the recent Financial Services Council Life Insurers Summit, assistant minister for superannuation, financial services and financial technology Jane Hume said she supported reform on ...