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MLC Life enhances income product range

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2022
... enhancements include the option for customers unemployed for more than 12 months to keep their cover regardless of employment status. Additionally, customers who hold their policy inside super can access a certificate of disability for unemployment at ...

RBA spotlights inflation risk of higher wages

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2022
... would become more difficult. It would also come at a higher cost in terms of lower levels of economic activity and employment. Though the board did add that raising the cash rate by 50 basis points at the next meeting could help mitigate this risk. "For ...

Colonial reveals Australia's huge untapped workforce

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
... shows that people reach a crunch point as they approach the second half of their life where stresses about family, employment and financial security converge with negative feelings towards the traditional concept of retirement." "It is at this point ...

Stuart Robert named shadow financial services minister

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2022
... financial services after previously undertaking the role for eight months in 2018 - 2019. Since Robert has served as employment minister and minister for education and youth. In a brief statement on Twitter, Robert said he is pleased with the appointment ...

What the election result means for ESG

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022
... 'teal' candidates, signals that governments will no longer only be held accountable by traditional metrics like growth, employment, and productivity, but also by progress against a wide range of ESG matters. Frontier believes the path taken to achieve ...

US Fed indicates several more half-percentage rate rises

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... times. The minutes stated: "The Committee is highly attentive to inflation risks. The Committee seeks to achieve maximum employment and inflation at the rate of two percent over the longer run." Also, in an unusual step, Federal Reserve chair Jerome ...

Westpac offloads BT super funds to Mercer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... Mercer Australia chief executive David Bryant said. Mercer has also offered all Westpac staff working on the products employment, Westpac said. The transfer will result in a small loss as a result of the transaction and separation costs, expected to ...

Rate rise exposes adviser knowledge gap

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
... the evidence and data as it takes the necessary steps to achieve the medium-term inflation target and support full employment in Australia," he said. But as the number of advisers dwindles each week, many are concerned that few of those left will be ...

Low wage growth a deliberate design feature: ACTU

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2022
... record $7.8 billion to deliver generational skilling across the nation. The government has said it will offer a new pre-employment program for young people, provide Workforce Australia funding and boost wage subsidies for employment service providers. ...

75% of Aussies don't understand group cover: MLC Life

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022
... for superannuation funds to advise and guide members responsibly through their insurance needs around what changes in employment mean in terms of appropriate level of cover." Commenting on the findings, MLC Life chief group insurance officer Mark Puli ...