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Women hit hardest by pandemic

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2021
... challenges that women already faced, such as balancing paid work and carers' responsibilities, and the emotional toll of financial insecurity, significantly impacting their mental health and wellbeing." According to a Financial Sector Union survey ...

Industry fund CIO resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2021
... chief executive Charlie Donnelly said Gavin has made an outstanding contribution to the super fund and to the financial wellbeing of members. "He will continue to be a great asset in his new role for industry superannuation and the working Australians ...

HESTA announces award finalists

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... to make the world a better place," HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey said. "These finalists are improving social and financial outcomes for women, preventing a phenomenal amount of waste from going to landfill and going above and beyond to improve health ...

COVID-19 lockdown swells financial stress

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
... there is high correlation with COVID impacted industries and early super release applicants. AMP's latest research on financial stress found the two of industries most impacted by COVID-19, hospitality and retail, have the most financially stressed workers ...

University debt weighs on personal investing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
... value of having dedicated savings for university education to avoid large HECS-HELP debts that impact their financial wellbeing and their ability to meet their goals later in life.

AMP Capital APAC managing director exits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
... about," Keary wrote in a LinkedIn post. He plans to take time out to focus on the PhD he is studying, focused on how the financial planning industry must adapt to changing customer needs and circumstances.

Super lifting retirees' financial wellbeing: HILDA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
The growth in superannuation assets means more retirees are coming out of poverty and experiencing less financial stress, but this is creating greater income inequality, the 2020 HILDA survey found. Research from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics ...

Mental health over financial health: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... mental health is the most important thing to focus on, compared to 27% who said they were most concerned about their financial health. Almost half (40%) of employees said their employer doesn't offer any support to improve mental wellbeing, and 50% said ...

Old problem needs new solution: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
Financial advisers need to adopt a new approach to providing income for retiree clients, according to Allianz Retire+. Following the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) latest cash rate cut, down to 10 basis points, retirees with a large allocation to ...

Millions of workers facing financial stress: AMP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
Severe and moderate levels of financial stress are impacting around 1.8 million Australian workers, according to AMP's latest Financial Wellness study. AMP said of those 1.8 million, nearly half have been feeling financially stressed for an average ...