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Skill shortage to continue to cost Aussie companies

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2023
... the workforce while only 3% of employers identify encouraging Indigenous people, people with disabilities and those with poor English skills back into employment. "Companies must hire candidates based on their potential to grow into a role and invest ...

APRA slaps conditions on Diversa

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2023
... and concerns related to Diversa's ability to deliver quality member outcomes, including in relation to high fees and poor investment performance. They seek to codify recommendations of a third-party review of Diversa's operating model, APRA said. ...

Salary inflation becoming S issue for ESG managers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2023
... increasingly being tied to management bonuses, plus also, if WorkSafe shuts you down, there's a real financial impact to poor safety outcomes too." Ausbil views health and safety issues as a lagging indicator of overall management quality issues ...

Australia likely to avoid recession: Oliver

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2023
... Reserve Bank of Australia is less aggressive and less likely to overtighten compared to other major central banks. "Thanks to poor weather, material and labour shortages, there is a large pipeline of home building approved but yet to be completed," he ...

Australia's 1% just keep getting richer: Study

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2023
According to Oxfam, the richest 1% of Aussies have accumulated 10 times more wealth than the bottom 50% in the past decade. In its latest report, titled Survival of the richest, Oxfam found that Australian billionaire wealth is 61% higher than it was ...

Industry fund tops personal super tables

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2023
Research by Rainmaker Information shows that an industry fund has the best performing personal super investment option, as at 30 November 2022. Hostplus Personal - Balanced option ranked first in Rainmaker's last superannuation performance tables ...

ASIC takes action against more greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2023
... intensive activities', 'financing or support of activities which cause environmental and social harm' and 'poor corporate governance'." ASIC said that while Cruelty Free Super applied some investment screens, they were "more specific ...

Don't call it a comeback: APRA on IDII

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2023
... premium increases can be imposed to respond to a future deterioration in profitability, this reduces affordability and leads to poor consumer outcomes. "This will be further exacerbated by the lower household income and spending in a high inflation environment," ...

Magellan reports $2.6bn net outflows

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2023
... Financial Standard, Magellan chief executive David George is aiming to double the funds FUM by 2027, despite the fund's ongoing poor investment performance. "Through growth of our existing strategies and new products, I believe we will be a fund manager ...

SS&C launches super offering, secures Mine Super mandate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2022
... the fund deliver superior member outcomes. Last week, APRA heatmap data showed that Mine Super's MySuper product was poor performing in the context of a rolling eight-year benchmark. Further, regarding the sustainability of member outcomes, Mine ...