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QSuper faces class action over excess premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021
... May 2016 notified them that the cover they'd be entitled to would vary depending on age, current level of cover and employment situation. It also stated the fund was adopting occupational ratings and "for some members, choosing to be occupationally rated ...

Citi Foundation awards over $1m to community partners

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2021
Citi Foundation has awarded grants of over $1 million to community partners in Australia to support youth employment programs over the next 12 months. The awarding of grants is part of Citi Foundation's global Pathways to Progress program, which ...

Economic recap: Week to November 12

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2021
... October - above its long-term average - aided by improvement in all its components (trading conditions, profitability, employment). Better, business confidence jumped by 11 points to a reading of +21 in October. This is backed by the Westpac-Melbourne ...

Economic recap: Week to November 5

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
... to 0.5% -- the first rate hike since June 2014 - in order to "maintain low inflation and support maximum sustainable employment". Soon after the Bank of Canada (BOC) stopped (right now, thank you very much - sorry that was the Spice Girls singing in ...

Tasmania remains best performing state: CommSec

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
... "Queensland would be a key beneficiary of the opening of borders with inter-state and overseas tourism driving spending and employment. Queensland and Northern Territory will be supported by population growth and higher commodity prices."

Australia improves super system quality

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2021
... gender pension gap, the study found, rather it is much more complicated and the result of a range of influences, namely employment, pension design and social-cultural factors. CFA Institute board of governors member Maria Wilton said that Australia's ...

Economic recap: Week to September 24

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2021
... In its statement, the Fed noted that America's economy 'has made progress" towards its goals toward "maximum employment and inflation has risen to 2% and is on track to moderately exceed 2% for some time". Therefore, "the Committee judges that ...

AFA Foundation supports thousands in need

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2021
... the lowest the Foundation has seen in some time, "against the backdrop of widespread COVID-19 related impacts to the employment and income profile of millions of people, and the inability to run face to face events, the total result reflects the support ...

Former super fund chief defends tenure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021
... government began to privatise the state's public electricity assets. The pensions which members had earned through their employment were at risk of becoming unfunded as a result of the privatisation. I identified this issue, brought it to the attention ...

Economic recap: Week to September 10

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
... light of economic conditions and the health situation, and their implications for the expected progress towards full employment and the inflation target," it said. "It will not increase the cash rate until actual inflation is sustainably within the 2 ...