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Fortius, PGIM make $214m property acquisition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021
... partnering with PGIM and together we strongly believe that the office sector will remain an intrinsic part of workplace productivity, culture and performance - but the size and shape of these spaces needs to evolve." 307 Queen Street recently underwent ...

Retirement Income Covenant paper released

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021
... flexibility, guaranteed income and longevity meant many funds have stayed away from developing a product so far. Productivity Commission's final report asked the government to reassess the design and implementation challenges of Comprehensive Income ...

Calls for Royal Commission into housing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
... inequalities of both income and wealth, compromised economic and financial stability and negatively impacted labour productivity. Compounding the issue, they argued, is a dearth of skills, institutions, and governance structures to understand the housing ...

HESTA awards mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021
... sector especially, for whom the application of modern, natively-integrated SaaS based technologies can offer increase productivity, improve resilience and deliver stronger cybersecurity." "Many organisations like HESTA are taking the opportunity to 'build ...

Pinnacle affiliates reach $85bn AUM

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021
... compared to FY20. Pinnacle said uncertainties around regulatory reform, together with increased compliance affect productivity and profitability. There is a rise in corporate activity and industry fragmentation is hitting both advice and service providers ...

Stapling will benefit Hostplus: David Elia

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... Kevin O'Sullivan spoke about pros and cons of work from home arrangements. As upsides he counted better employee productivity for concentrated tasks, people showing up to meetings on time and more people being able to attend meetings such as investment ...

Government launches digital economy strategy

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
... creating," Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said. "Greater digital adoption will improve our competitiveness and lift our productivity - driving job creation and higher wages."

Finance workers to quit over flexibility

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
... return safely to work, with only 16% in disagreement. "New tools and greater trust, as well as new ways to measure productivity, will be the key to success in the workplace in the post-COVID-19 world," EY people advisory services partner Matt Lovegrove ...

ASIC not recommending general advice change

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
... found such a move is unlikely to prevent consumer confusion. Both the Financial System Inquiry's final report and Productivity Commission Inquiry Report into Competition in the Australian Financial System recommended the re-labelling of general advice ...

Hostplus, HNWs back CSIRO fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
... million from investors such as Hostplus and Temasek to solve the world's problems in health, food, space and industrial productivity. Main Sequence's second fund aims to solve six challenges which include feeding 10 billion people, decarbonising the ...