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Menopause: The silent economic crisis

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... action requires an amendment to the Fair Work Act, something that takes time and requires near-bulletproof data and expert research to get over the line. As also highlighted by AIST, such research doesn't exist. Heron hopes the campaign will secure ...

Could a four-day workweek save the day?

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... 'We're only going to run the hospital four days a week'," she says. However, that can be managed through rostering. "Research has shown that Australia has a very high proportion of people working long hours, working 45-hours a week and wanting ...

Super funds are lousy at communications: Strategist

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF) in Melbourne, Ralph provided an insight into his recent market research on growing opinions of superannuation in Australia. Out of many discussions with super members, Ralph said the majority feel ...

Professionalise sustainability within funds: Panel

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... processes for measuring it. Appearing at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds, UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures research director Gordon Noble, Climate Council of Australia independent economist, climate councillor Nicki Hutley and ReThink ...

Future-proofing the super system: Rees

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... Medicare where it's no longer vulnerable to attack, and that's the task in front of us in the near term." Recent research by George Washington University, Harvard and Australian National University found the early access scheme introduced during ...

State Super welcomes new board member

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
... of Unions NSW, where his responsibilities include managing the union's communications and digital team as well as its research and industrial strategy. Prior to his role at Unions NSW, he worked as an industrial officer and lawyer with the national offices ...

Wealth managers bracing for compensation claims

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2023
... compensation claims from clients is expected over failure to understand risk suitability and will lead to tougher regulation, research suggests. New research from Oxford Risk revealed 58% of wealth managers, who collectively manage assets of around $232 ...

Rising interest rates tank life insurer performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2023
... steadily in the last year to $17.9 billion, its profits copped a beating from rising interest rates. Plan For Life's latest research shows that inflows rose by 3.4% in the year to September 2022. TAL continues to hold the lion's share of the market at ...

Active fund managers historically underperform: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2023
... 50% of funds have either merged or liquidated over a 15-year horizon in all but one reported category. New Morningstar research notes also suggest that numerous listed active fund managers continue to struggle not only over an extended period but in ...

Australian Ethical adds to leadership team

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2023
... officer and head of multi assets. It further named Alison George as the new head of impact and ethics, leading the ethics research team, and said she will be accountable for the ongoing development of the company's impact framework and delivery. ...