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Menopause: The silent economic crisis

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... additional cost. It's just how we process the leave in the back end," she says. "Sure, those people might have a couple of extra personal leave days sitting there, but we want them to have that sitting there in case they do actually need to use it. ...

Future-proofing the super system: Rees

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
Speaking on a panel the first day of the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF), MetLife head of external affairs and public policy Nathan Rees said that establishing an objective for superannuation will help to "future proof" the system. "The ...

UBS throws $4.8bn lifeline to Credit Suisse

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2023
UBS has agreed to acquire the embattled Credit Suisse for $4.8 billion. As part of the deal, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) will provide an additional $160 billion (CHF 100 billion)) in liquidity assistance to support the merge. UBS plans to appoint ...

Invest Blue trials nine-day fortnight for advisers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2023
The financial advice group has adopted a nine-day fortnight pilot, giving full-time employees an extra 26 days off a year at a cost of roughly $1.9 million per annum. In a bid to foster employee wellbeing and drive productivity, the financial advice ...

Diverse investment teams fare better: WTW

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
Investment teams in the top quartile of gender diversity outperform the bottom quartile by 45bps per annum in terms of net excess returns, a new report from WTW shows. Analysing more than 1500 investment strategies, WTW found equity and credit strategies ...

Super on PPL a drop in the ocean

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2023
... the bump," explained Dunnin. "It's pretty horrendous that we're having an argument over whether we should spend an extra $200 million each year on some budget item. On behalf of the taxpayers across Australia, I'm monumentally embarrassed ...

Super tax break crackdown to hit $410bn in savings

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2023
... address inequalities in the system. AIST chief executive Eva Scheerlinck said: "We believe the government should use the extra savings generated through this measure to address some of the other inequities in the system, such as increasing the low-income ...

FPA and AFA set to merge

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023
The two major advice associations will merge to create the Financial Advice Association of Australia as voted by members today. Members of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) overwhelmingly ...

We did too much: Lowe

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2023
Fronting another parliamentary hearing today, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe acknowledged the central bank incorrectly predicted rates wouldn't rise until 2024, admitting he's embarrassed. Lowe explained that the pandemic ...

Reporting season may prove dramatic: UBS

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2023
... on the almost completed US results season where the ratio of Q4 beats neared a post Global Financial Crisis (GFC) low. "Extra focus will likely be on companies that provide insights into the rapidly evolving Aussie consumer and or housing dynamic," he ...