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ASIC not recommending general advice change

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
... found such a move is unlikely to prevent consumer confusion. Both the Financial System Inquiry's final report and Productivity Commission Inquiry Report into Competition in the Australian Financial System recommended the re-labelling of general advice ...

Hostplus, HNWs back CSIRO fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
... million from investors such as Hostplus and Temasek to solve the world's problems in health, food, space and industrial productivity. Main Sequence's second fund aims to solve six challenges which include feeding 10 billion people, decarbonising the ...

YFYS net must be cast wider: Cbus

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2021
... superannuants in the country." Cbus executive for brand, advocacy, engagement and product Robbie Campo added that the Productivity Commission identified choice products as the worst performing in the sector and therefore stapling a member to a fund could ...

AustralianSuper subverts stapling logic

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2021
... confident that the bill is able to do so. The problem with the model is that it operates in the reverse way that the Productivity Commission envisaged, he said. The Productivity Commission proposed a quality filter, which ultimately led to the top 10 ...

Adamantem invests in carbon farming

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
... production." Climate Friendly works with land holders, managers, and Traditional Custodians to regenerate land and improve productivity by adopting land management practices that reduce emissions and capture carbon in the land. Climate Friendly said ...

Industry fund appoints property mandate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
... future Adelaide workforce with a focus on sustainability, wellness, connection to the public community, nature and productivity, 83 Pirie is an incredibly exciting project that will optimise the site's potential and create a new landmark for the city ...

Super for house deposits will push up prices: ASFA

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
... trillion in residential real estate assets. ASFA says none of the recent major superannuation reviews (including Productivity Commission, Royal Commission, Retirement Income Review and Jeremy Cooper and David Murray's reviews) have recommended early ...

Women hit hardest by pandemic

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2021
The coronavirus pandemic hit women's job security and productivity the hardest, taking a significant toll on their mental health compared to men, new research shows. Two in three women tended to suffer from mental health issues compared to half ...

More women in workforce with greater paternity leave: ASI

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
... diversity and inclusivity of a workplace can also lift per capita incomes and growth by boosting utilisation rates and productivity, she said. The OECD found female labour force participation increased from 47% in 1990 to 52% in 2019. Over the same period ...

Financial services eyes gig economy workers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... more gig-based employees, despite a minority of casual employees (less than 10%) take up the current workforce. The Productivity 2021 and beyond report also reveals crowdsourcing to access "new world skills talent and ideas" has more than doubled since ...