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JANA announces Sustainability Advisory Council

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2022
... hold their portfolio companies accountable, to cut through the greenwashing and to affect change - a change which also results in increased financial durability and resilience in those same portfolio companies," she explained. "I am delighted to be part ...

Financial stress at record highs: AMP

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2022
... 11 work hours dealing with financial matters and stress at work. Nevertheless, AMP said it's important to put these results into perspective. "Australian workers have been lashed by economic dislocation for over two years and this has had predictable ...

Financial literacy in Australia drops by almost 10%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2022
... make good financial decisions. University of Newcastle professor of accounting and finance Christina Boedker said the results from a nationwide survey clearly showed the benefits of financial literacy. "We found that just 66% of Australians can be classed ...

Defensive equities strategies protect against downturn: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2022
... identified five distinct types of defensive equity strategies delivering protection in different ways and with very different results. Defensive Equity and Market Downturns: Is This Time Different? issued by bfinance revealed the main types are low volatility ...

Women have suffered greater financial loss post-pandemic: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2022
... their annual income during COVID, just one in four women saw an increase, according to new research from Equipsuper. The results of Equip's survey also reveal that a larger proportion of men (31%) have more disposable income in a post-COVID era than ...

Four MySuper products fail for second time: APRA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2022
... superannuation trustees to continue to explore ways to improve the efficiency of their MySuper products." Commenting on the results, Super Consumers Australia director Xavier O'Halloran said they mark a clear sign that the tail of underperforming ...

Link Group acquires HS Pensions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2022
... ambition to modernise the member experience and wider pensions industry." Meanwhile, today, Link Group posted its FY22 results, recording a statutory net profit after tax (NPAT) loss of $67.6 million. Though this is an improvement on last year's $162.7 ...

The unintended consequences of the performance test

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2022
... stamping out underperformance, its impact on industry consolidation is likely already shifting, according to KPMG. The results of the second annual performance test are expected to be released this week. Last year saw 13 products fail, 10 of which have ...

ASIC tells super trustees to improve TMDs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
... periods of three months or less, the remaining had reporting periods of either six or 12 months. Responding to sample review results, ASIC commissioner Danielle Press said: "We expect all trustees to consider these observations when reviewing their target ...

Not ruling anything out: Insignia Financial

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2022
... right now is really making sure we can simplify the business and deliver client enhancements." Insignia's full-year results, released yesterday, pointed to super as a core part of its future strategy. "We see ourselves as one of the largest super ...