The government is considering the options to regulate the use of genetic testing results in life insurance underwriting, releasing a consultation paper on Monday for industry submissions.
The government will this week introduce legislation to Parliament to reform the Reserve Bank of Australia by reinforcing its independence, clarify its role and modernise its structure.
By encouraging clients’ children to be involved in the wealth-transfer process, financial advisers are likely to see a higher satisfaction and retention rate, according to a whitepaper from Australian Ethical and CoreData Research.
The total offshore asset allocation of Australian super funds has reached 47.8 per cent in 2023, according to the biennial NAB Super Insights Report.
Optimum Pensions has released a new book aimed at helping financial planners design secure income strategies for their retiring clients.
Attracting and retaining the right people is critical to the success of an asset management business, whether it’s a publicly listed company like Perpetual or a large profit-to-member super fund like UniSuper. The Fiduciary Investors Symposium has heard that the key to being an attractive employer is to let people focus on what they love, make the work challenging, and to be clear on what’s expected.
Australian Philanthropic Services has appointed Australian Ethical CEO John McMurdo to its board of directors.
LEGO’s decision to abandon its recycled plastics prototype project has taken some paint off its reputation as a sustainability leader. The case provides a topical case study for investors, who are often left trying to defend a company’s worthiness of inclusion in an ESG fund or option, even when the facts change.
Frontier Advisors has restructured its research team, promoting a slew of internal talents.
Minister for the Environment and Water, Tanya Plibersek, has given a vote of confidence to Australia becoming a “renewable energy superpower” that can switch out the export of coal and gas to greener forms of energy as its economic foundation in the foreseeable future. With the backing of institutional capital and legislation such as the new Capacity Investment Scheme, the nation can compete on an international level, she told the Conexus Financial Political Series.
Opportunities to invest in China remain plentiful, but investors must proceed with greater caution than in the recent past in light of renewed geopolitical tensions and a confluence of factors combining to put a brake on the economy.
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