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IFM Investors appoints chief strategy officer

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2022
... continue to meet the needs of our investors and their members, such as nurses, teachers, construction and hospitality workers." Nikulina said she is delighted to be joining the firm at a time when the critical role of long-term capital has never been ...

Super fund disclosure rules finalised

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2022
... brazen legislative initiative." Bragg went on to claim that the losers of these legislative changes would be Australian workers who can no longer see the details of considerable payments from super funds to unions. He concluded that it's now up to the ...

Casey Thompson joins First Super board

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2022
... Trustee Scholarship. "Casey's background in governance and risk management, along with her advocacy for the rights of workers, makes her a great fit for this role," Watson said. As an industry super fund, First Super is governed by a board with an equal ...

A strong super system cushions the economy: ISA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022
... economy from recent shocks, Samardzija believes that the growing pool of capital in Australia's super system provides workers with enormous economic support and opportunity. She added that funds were also increasingly looking to capture value for ...

Calls for greater efforts to close gender pay, super gap

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2022
... been around for so long that to get male and female wages on par, employers would have to pay a lot more to their female workers, and many are reluctant to do that. But that's what needs to be done to level up male and female wages." Grant recommends ...

Federal Reserve delivers 0.75bp rate rise

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022
... but still robust, Powell said. There have also been widespread improvements in labour market conditions, including for workers on the lower ends of wage distribution as well as for African Americans and Hispanics. Subsequently, according to Powell, the ...

Hostplus appoints business growth, acquisition lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2022
... responsible for member experience at legalsuper. During his almost two-year stint with the $8 billion industry fund that serves workers within the legal community, he was also acting chief operating officer and senior consultant to the chief executive. ...

Is the wage price spiral narrative a lie?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2022
... will rise." Under these assumptions, macroeconomic data on economy-wide changes in prices, the share of GDP flowing to workers and company profits can shed light on inflation's underlying causes. Data can also reveal the distributional consequences of ...

Aaron Santelises joins ART board

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2022
Australian Retirement Trust has announced Aaron Santelises has joined its board of directors, effective June 30. Santelises replaces union finance specialist Mark Goodey who stepped down from the board on March 31. Goodey was a board trustee of Sunsuper ...

Rate rises more likely after unemployment plunge

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2022
... unemployed. "Together these flows reflect an increasingly tight labour market, with high demand for engaging and retaining workers, as well as ongoing labour shortages," Jarvis said. VanEck head of investments and capital markets Russel Chesler believes ...