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The unintended consequences of the four-day work week

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
... four-day work week potentially has unintended consequences that are inflationary, reduce productivity, and can lead to employee burnout. This is according to some experts who recently spoke at the Actuaries Institute 2024 Summit, pointing to several ...

Perpetual seals $2.18bn deal with KKR, chief to retire

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2024
Perpetual has agreed to divest its wealth management and corporate trust businesses to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) for $2.18 billion, pending shareholder approval. The deal will see the departure of Perpetual chief executive Rob Adams. The net proceeds ...

Farewell TelstraSuper: Largest corporate fund explores merger options

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024
TelstraSuper is searching for a merger partner, after its board concluded that size and scale are "increasingly important" to serving members' best financial interests. "The TelstraSuper Board see this as an exciting opportunity for members as we ...

UniSuper battles major system outage

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2024
UniSuper is working to resolve an ongoing system outage impacting the entire business, assuring disgruntled members it is not the result of a data breach. The $135 billion super fund's online systems have been disrupted this week, with its 665,000 ...

Men, women in same occupation drive pay gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2024
A whopping 80% of the gender pay gap can be attributed to women being paid less than men within the same occupation, a new economic analysis shows. After analysing tax data, economic research organisation E61 Institute compared men and women of similar ...

Mercer rolls out new corporate super plan

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024
... can accommodate accumulation plans and allows for employer-subsidised administration fees and insurance premiums as an employee benefit. Moreover, it can accept Superannuation Guarantee contributions within five to 15 business days of completing an application ...

Future Fund deputy CIO jumps to Blue Owl

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2024
Blue Owl Capital's hire of a top executive from the Future Fund has generated more interest in US firms vying for institutional business in Australia. Australia's sovereign wealth fund has confirmed the departure of deputy chief investment officer ...

Scott Farquhar steps down from Atlassian

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2024
Scott Farquhar has announced he will be stepping down as co-chief executive of Atlassian with Mike Cannon-Brookes set to lead the software giant as its sole chief executive. Atlassian said Farquhar came to the decision to step down after 23 years to ...

Link shareholders approve takeover

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2024
Link Group shareholders have voted in favour of the proposed acquisition by MUFG's subsidiary Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corporation (The Trust Bank). MUFG made the $1.2 billion takeover bid in December last year. MUFG will pay $2.26 cash for every ...

ESG professionals' salary guide revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
... the analyst level up to the head of team, with the percentage of potential bonus increasing with seniority." Additional employee benefits reported by participants were salary sacrificing, extra leave, income protection, study costs being covered, share ...