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CountPlus acquires tech solution

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021
... passionate about what we do because we know the direct impact our service plays in delivering financial wellbeing to Australians. To become part of the CountPlus community is an important milestone in our history and will enable us to build on our success ...

Rest hires from AustralianSuper, Hostplus

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2021
Industry fund Rest has hired from AustralianSuper and Hostplus for its workplace superannuation team. Jessica Empson has been appointed to the newly created Melbourne-based role of national manager, business solutions, and will lead Rest's long-term ...

Chief economist update: Victoria's victory against the virus voided

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2021
... For sure and for certain, the government wouldn't be taking back the money it announced it'll be giving us, Australians all, earlier this month, that would be political suicide. Victoria's state government could even decide to loosen its ...

UniSuper names next chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2021
... members - will continue unchanged. I am motivated and committed to making impactful change to retirement outcomes for Australians and this role furthers that opportunity for me professionally and personally." Aware Super has appointed its chief of staff ...

Poor financial literacy failing young workers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... financial literacy is correlated to certain demographics, namely young people who are migrants or first-generation Australians; had a long-term health condition or a disability; had a parent who was unemployed for 12 months or more while growing up ...

Advisers report burnout, breaking point: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... importantly we did it to help the people who invest so much time and energy into improving the financial security of Australians." The study was conducted in two stages in late 2020. The first phase canvassed 45 volunteers, while 709 financial advisers ...

Super funds hunt for co-investment deals

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
Superannuation funds' appetite for alternative investments, particularly private equity and infrastructure, is heating up, new research shows. Joint research by Preqin and the Australian Investment Council reveal super funds are on the hunt for ...

What Gen Z think about investing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... highly motivated. Generation Z, defined as those born between 1997 and 2009, were found by the survey of more than 1000 Australians to be driven by performance, being more likely than any generation to check their investments daily (with 42% revealing ...

Hostplus eyes Intrust merger

KANIKA SOOD, ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2021
The $61 billion Hostplus will combine with the $2.6 billion Intrust as it pursues its long-standing ambition of acquiring more members in Queensland, Financial Standard understands. The 33-year-old Intrust has about 96,000 members, and 30,000 employers ...

ERS applicants $3100 worse off

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021
... kept their balance intact, new research reveals. The McKell Institute, a thinktank, found that over three million Australians who took advantage of the scheme lost out from the rapid recovery of the economy and share markets. Most super funds have now ...