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Rest awards mandate for member experience enhancement

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2023
Rest Super has contracted Reunion, a creative agency, to improve its member experience. Following a competitive tender, the nearly two-million-member strong superannuation fund said that it will work with Reunion to help members better understand and ...

Women still underrepresented in asset management roles: FSC

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2023
... their career development as they progress into senior funds management roles. According to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency's (WGEA) latest scorecard, which assessed 4.82 million employees, the remuneration gender gap trended down 1.1% year on year ...

Bravura Solutions executes restructure

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023
... growth, and improving client outcomes. Under Spencer, Bravura has also hired Chris Biddick as managing director, transfer agency. Biddick will be responsible for growing the business with current clients and prospects. "This is a crucial step in the ...

Gender pay gap trends down: WGEA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2023
The gender pay gap has hit a new low of 21.7%, largely driven by women working in senior management positions - except chief executive roles. According to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency's (WGEA) latest scorecard, which assessed 4.82 million ...

SEC sues Kraken exchange again

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2023
... Crypto Exchange for operating its trading platform as an unregistered securities exchange, broker, dealer, and clearing agency. According to the SEC, Kraken has made hundreds of millions of dollars unlawfully facilitating the buying and selling of crypto ...

Uniseed partners with major Aussie universities

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2023
... join the Universities of Queensland, New South Wales, Melbourne, and Sydney, as well as Australia's national science agency CSIRO, who are existing partners and currently allocate over $1 billion a year for research. Together, the recently expanded ...

Hollywood strike plays havoc with film fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2023
... parties; the wheels of government don't turn at a rapid velocity," he laughed. "Any negotiations with a government agency take time, so in many ways, this pause in terms of production was not wanted because we have had a series of productive ongoing ...

Australian farmland values in decline: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023
... Australian Farmland Values Mid-Year Update is based on actual farm sales using data collected by the official government agency in each state and territory. This year, it found the median price of farmland was only 0.1% higher compared to 2022, marking ...

Link shakes up board, names super industry veteran

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2023
... Forum, McKell Institute, and the Australian People for Health, Education and Development Abroad (APHEDA), an overseas aid agency. He was the former secretary of Unions NSW and past president of the ALP NSW branch. Lennon will stand for election at the ...

Global insurers eye private markets, clean energy: BlackRock

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2023
... report said. Notably, over half of the surveyed insurers (51%) intend to grow their investments in government bonds and agency debt. However, despite attractive yields in public markets, the report highlighted that 89% of insurers plan to increase their ...