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Mercer names new people and culture lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
... inclusion practice leader after working as a strategy and engagement executive manager at the Australian government's Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). She helped lead Future IM/Pact, an initiative between Mercer and AustralianSuper, Cbus ...

Most clients coping with financial stress: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... to work after a career break are more likely to job share and work part-time," the report said. "This can mean that workplace conditions are often less flexible for women, who are often also the primary caregiver." While those earning between $50,000 ...

Millions of Australian's suffering from financial stress: AMP

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... report claims that as a result, Australian businesses lose about $31 billion a year in revenue. The firm's director of workplace super Ilaine Anderson said the early months of the year see many Aussie workers under financial pressure. "As the holiday ...

Corporates can help solve retirement issue: BlackRock

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... for it. This lack of preparedness for retirement is fueling enormous anxiety and fear, undermining productivity in the workplace and amplifying populism in the political sphere," Fink said. Companies should be lending their expertise and capacity for ...

Legalsuper expands member services arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
... member service team conducted more than 3217 meetings with members and employers across Australia, and provided 118 workplace seminars. The $3.7 billion superannuation fund will launch a new website early this year in a further bid to expand its personal ...

Equip wins $190m superannuation mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... Superannuation Fund members after more than 12 months after the merger was announced. Equip ramped up its number of workplace seminars conducted in the last financial year to 187, reflecting efforts to reach as many Rio Tinto members that traditionally ...

Best-in-show splits industry

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... shortlist shouldn't prevent members choosing any other fund - this includes an SMSF. Neither should enterprise and workplace agreements restrict members' choice, it said. "Any member who does not have an existing account and who fails to make ...

ASFA, ISA, FSC weigh in on the final report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... low-cost industrial default system in favour of a choice-first architecture that has been ground zero for consumer harm. "A workplace default framework is a necessary counterweight to finance sector sales tactics," Dean said.

BlackRock and Microsoft develop retirement platform

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... workers with a lifetime of income in retirement. The firm said the new products would be accessible through the employer workplace savings plans offered to US workers. The two firms believe retirement solutions have been "slow to keep pace" with technological ...

ASIC to examine super fund and employer connections

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... superannuation team in its pursuit of addressing the growing importance of retirement issues. In September last year Workplace Super Specialists Australia called for employer funds to be included in a best-in show list of recommended default funds proposed ...