Aware Super unaware of members with disabilitiesBY KANIKA SOOD | MONDAY, 20 JUL 2020 12:39PMFirst State Super's planned rebrand to Aware Super last week ran into trouble when the fund failed to disseminate the information in formats accessible to all members. Related News |
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Bit of a slow news day in the Financial Standard office? A member had a concern. The member communicated their concern to the Trustee Office. The Trustee Office responded to the concerned member and also to the concern raised. This is where the concern should have ended. But, someone Financial Standard gets a hold of the "story" and tries to make it out to be a significant issue, using a pun in the headline and all. Not sure when Financial Standard became the Daily Telegraph of financial eNewsletters.