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New campaign pushes for reproductive leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... leave can be taken as a block, individual days, or part-days. The campaign outlines that the leave would apply when an employee is unfit for work due to a reproductive health issue, or they need to do something to deal with the reproductive health issue ...

Count completes Diverger acquisition

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... $8 million in one-off transaction and integration costs. This excludes Diverger transaction costs of $2 million plus employee expenses related to change of control. Initial integration work is underway with joint integration meetings based on combined ...

TelstraSuper sweetens parental leave policy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... irrespective of gender. Super contributions are paid as well, including on further unpaid leave thereafter. Now, when an employee returns from parental leave on a part-time basis, they will receive full-time SG contributions for two years. The fund modelled ...

New chair for NZ Super Fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... taken over by ASX-listed Bapcor in 2017, and has been on the Guardians' board since 2016. He is currently chair of its employee policy and remuneration committee. "Our purpose, sustainable investment delivering strong returns for all New Zealanders ...

Iress sells platforms business

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
Iress has offloaded its platform business with $4 billion in funds under advice (FUA) to another ASX-listed firm. Praemium will soon be the new owner of Iress's OneVue Platform Business (IOPB), agreeing to pay $1 million in cash and an additional ...

ESSSuper welcomes strategy lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2024
ESSSuper, the fund for emergency services and Victorian government employees, has hired a former UniSuper staffer as head of strategy and insights. Rosalyn deVries is taking up a senior leadership position that will be pivotal in shaping the asset owner's ...

QIC, super funds pour more into Queensland space tech

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
QIC, Hostplus and HESTA are among backers to invest a further $55 million into Gold Coast-based Gilmour Space Technologies. Gilmour recently completed a Series D funding round, aimed at raising capital to support the manufacture, test and launch of ...

Prime to acquire boutique fund manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024
Prime Financial Group is set to acquire a boutique alternatives asset manager and will pay up to $4.5 million. The ASX-listed firm entered into an agreement to buy Altor Capital which has a staff of seven based in Brisbane. Prime will pay an initial ...

BlackRock appoints Aussie head, builds out NZ business

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024
Former deputy head of BlackRock Australasia Jason Collins will step into the role of head of Australia. This comes as the global fund manager prepares to open a New Zealand office. In his new role, Collins will continue to report to Andrew Landman ...

Vale Jason Milosevski

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2024
... In honour of Milosevski, PPS Mutual has created an award in his name, to be presented at the end of each year to the employee "who most embodies [the above] amazing qualities." "I told Jase this a couple of weeks ago, and he was very moved. He asked ...