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Inquiry urges government to consider paid reproductive leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
... Department of Employment and Workplace Relations tasked with researching the impact and effectiveness of sexual and reproductive health leave policies already introduced in Australia and overseas. While it stopped short of outright recommending leave ...

TelstraSuper picks Equip for merger partner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024
After announcing earlier this year that it was open to a merger, TelstraSuper will now explore a 'merger of equals' with Equip Super. In May of this year, and after 30 years in operation, TelstraSuper announced it was on the hunt for a merger ...

FSU steps up calls for reproductive leave policies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
... roles but are held back by their menopausal symptoms. We need to treat the issue of menopause at work the way that mental health has been addressed. Stigmas and taboos need to be broken to support workers experiencing the menopausal transition." Angrisano's ...

Managers struggle to secure positive net flows in FY24

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024
... faced significant outflows, losing $3.1 billion. Rainmaker described net funds flow as a "superior indicator of the secular health of the market." Overall, the managed funds sector-comprising open unlisted unit trusts and exchange-traded products (ETPs) ...

Australians rank seventh globally for retirement confidence

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024
... retirement security, scoring 78%. The score is derived by measuring several key indicators, including finances in retirement, health, quality of life, and material wellbeing. Sitting in the same place it did last year, Australia ranks behind Switzerland ...

Genetic test results to no longer hinder life cover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024
... discourage people from taking genetic tests and accessing the information they need to make informed choices about their health," she said. "Australia's life insurers put in place an industry standard back in 2019 to control how they use genetic ...

Elanor shakes up leadership, sells down fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2024
The chief executive and chief operating officer of Elanor Investors Group have abruptly exited as the group sells its stake in a commercial property fund in exchange for $23.9 million. Elanor Investors chief executive and managing director Glenn Willis ...

MLC Life appoints two C-suite executives

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2024
... deliver on our promise to customers who receive the critical support of advisers. This reinforces our commitment to the health and success of the financial advice industry more broadly," he said. "We're very fortunate to have someone with Gerard's breadth ...

Macquarie AM, PSP Investments sell AirTrunk stake to Blackstone, CPP Investments

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024
... portfolio has also increased from 450 megawatts to over 1.8 gigawatts. AirTrunk also introduced a string of ESG and work health and safety initiatives throughout the partnership, including a sustainability linked loan. Commenting, Ani Satchcroft, co-head ...

Super funds fail to meet millennial members' expectations: ASIC roundtable

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024
... super early and often. Millennials are willing to plan and engage with data for their long-term physical wellbeing and health, Constant noted, adding now is the time to see millennials engage in the same way with their long-term financial health.