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Review of YFYS receives mixed response

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2022
... confirms they are simply puppets for the unions and super funds." "This commitment to gut Your Future, Your Super will cost workers billions of dollars." Bragg chastised Jones for protecting underperforming super funds and for him signalling the gutting ...

Companies' ESG efforts improve

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022
... promote better ESG credentials than their actions justified. "Not only are there very few initiatives underway to retrain workers but in another survey question, we asked, 90% of our energy analysts say the sector is highly vulnerable to future job losses. ...

Social impact fund to target essential workers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2022
... scheme, backed by family offices and institutional investors, will be made available to first responders and frontline workers, helping them secure a property close to their workplace. Launched today, the Home Owners' Partnering Equity (HOPE) initiative ...

July 1 super changes: Are you ready?

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022
... by this measure, and who earn less than $450 a month from a single employer, tend to be young, lower-income, part-time workers. "The removal of the $450 threshold improves the coverage of superannuation and enhances equity across the super system," he ...

Women paid less at every age, rank: Data

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2022
... 50% of women working full-time, yet higher paid management opportunities were almost exclusively reserved for full-time workers. In all age groups, more than 90% of managers were working full-time. The discrepancy in working patterns occurs from age ...

Underemployment continues steep decline

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2022
The latest ABS figures show that the total number of underemployed workers has fallen, as has the weekly hours not worked by underemployed people. Of the 13.6 million employed people in May 2022, 1.5 million were underemployed. Of these underemployed ...

RBA spotlights inflation risk of higher wages

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2022
... the upcoming Fair Work Commission ruling on new minimum and award rates would result in faster wages growth for affected workers in the period ahead." Even while measures of long-term inflation expectations remained in the 2-3% target band, the boards ...

NSW to introduce options for first home buyers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
... to commence next January and will be open to single parents with children under 18, single persons 50 and over or key workers (nurses, teachers, police) buying their first home. The government equity contribution for a new dwelling will be up to 40% ...

Fair Work Commission raises minimum wage 5.2%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2022
... hour. The commission panel observed that the level of increase would protect the real value of wages of the lowest-paid workers. "The Panel decided to provide a proportionately higher increase to low-paid employees noting that the present circumstances ...

The ongoing evolution of super: Scheerlinck

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2022
... it's important to remember the "prime role played by unions in fighting for a retirement savings system that covered all workers, rather than just the corporate executives and senior public servants, mostly men, that super had been restricted to." ...

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Invesco launches new equity fund

ELIZA BAVIN
Invesco said the new fund will give Australian investors access to a systematic global equity strategy with a 20-year track record.

FCA pursues Neil Woodford again

KARREN VERGARA
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is going after failed fund manager Neil Woodford again, this time for allegedly providing unauthorised investment advice via W4.0, his Dubai-based investment platform.

Former APRA deputy chair launches retirement solutions startup

KARREN VERGARA
A former APRA deputy chair has launched CipherIQ, a new venture that provides retirement solutions via account-based pensions in partnership with superannuation funds, financial advisers and retirees.

Global X launches space tech ETF

MATTHEW WAI
Global X has now launched the space tech ETF (ASX: MOON).

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