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Assistant Treasurer warns super funds to lift engagement game

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
... Melbourne last week that employers aren't superannuation experts or financial advisers and should not be helping employees choose super funds or join other funds. Doing so is against the law. A straw poll conducted at the conference found most employees ...

AustralianSuper to cut equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
... AustralianSuper is now managing $43 billion or about 30% of its asset pool internally, through an investment team that has 200 employees. A $1.5 million small caps mandate is among the latest of the fund's investments to be brought in-house, Rainmaker ...

Superannuation must catch up to gig economy

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... employ more contractors at the expense of permanent staff. Again, more than half (53%) expect an increase in female employees; and 56% said workers under the age of 30 years did not consider superannuation as important. As part of a panel session at ...

CBA sells CFSGAM, new wealth business chief executive appointed

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... largest asset managers in Japan, with a long history and deep capabilities. We believe that CFSGAM's clients and employees will benefit from MUTB's supportive long-term ownership." "Today's announcement represents another important milestone ...

Diversity is the answer to war for talent

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... University of Sydney Business School, said that contrary to the experiences of Baby Boomers and Gen X, today's younger employees are better able to address unconscious bias in the workplace. "This new generation is almost going to make our conversations ...

Unpaid super penalties too light: ISA

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
... not even a parking ticket penalty." ISA values unpaid super at about $6 billion per year and affecting one in three employees. Its analysis of ATO data suggests the scourge of unpaid super is deteriorating with 2.98 million Australians being short-changed ...

AMP divests life business

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
... our portfolio, delivers certainty and frees up capital," Wilkins said. He added that existing AMP wealth protection employees or "highly-experienced teams supporting insurance and mature customers are expected to largely transfer with the sold businesses ...

BTFG expands tobacco divestment

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
... investors to end tobacco financing at the UN General Assembly. The fund - which serves health and community services employees - is among 85 founding signatories to the Tobacco-Free Finance Pledge, representing more than $6 trillion in assets under management. ...

Young advisers key to business sustainability

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
... financial objectives." About 70% of firms are looking to engage clients under the age of 44, with the recruitment of younger employees just one way of achieving this. More than 80% of high performers are engaging the adult children of existing clients ...

Reforms impact adviser mental health

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... According to recent PwC research, the financial services industry has the highest rate of mental illness with 33% of employees experience a mental health condition. In the small business sector, 44% of SME owners say they are unlikely to discuss how ...