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ESSSuper faces class action threat over unpaid super

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2024
Emergency and State Services Super (ESSSuper) is facing a class action from Gordon Legal and the Rail Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) over allegations of more than $40 million in unpaid superannuation. The $36 billion super fund has been accused of failing ...

'Licensee for hire' fined $1.25m by court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024
... representatives (CAR) and, under them, 205 authorised representatives. This, despite Lanterne only having one full-time employee in managing director and responsible manager Peter Cozens. Collectively, Lanterne's CARs had as much as $1.685 billion in ...

Suncorp sells NZ life business to Resolution Life

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024
Resolution Life has acquired Asteron Life New Zealand for NZ$410 million. Resolution Life will buy the business from Suncorp Group. In doing so, it will become the second largest life insurer in New Zealand, with about 165 employees and a network of ...

MetLife enhances employee benefits package

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024
... for its staff, saying the new policy is designed to support a more inclusive workplace. Following consultation with its employee-led DEI Committee and reviewing statistics from the Diversity Council Australia and its own survey on employee benefits trends ...

Mercer Super recruits growth lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024
A senior J.P. Morgan sales executive and relationship manager has joined Mercer Super Trust as its growth lead. In the new role, Stuart Raynes will support the super fund's growing corporate super and clients business. "Stuart's appointment ...

Raiding super can worsen housing affordability: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024
... median house price weighted by capital city has increased by about 7% per annum compared with average growth in full-time employee earnings of 3.8%, ASFA's Early release of superannuation for home purchase paper states. Those on lower incomes and therefore ...

ASIC bans director who promised 150% returns

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned Brian Jacques Creigh from providing financial advice or being involved in a financial services business. Creigh is the director of Panacea Capital. He operated the Panacea Capital ...

AustralianSuper's move to boost productivity by up to 30%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
AustralianSuper announced it would be one of 600 companies globally to participate in the Copilot for Microsoft 365 Early Access Program (EAP). AustralianSuper's chief technology officer Mike Backeberg said the move to introduce artificial intelligence ...

GQG builds private markets unit on PAC stakes

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024
GQG Partners is launching a private markets business by acquiring Pacific Current Group's stakes in three fund managers operating in the asset class for US$71.25 million ($108.7bn). The foundations of GQG Private Capital Solutions (PCS) will comprise ...

Government dawdling on paid parental leave super: Greens

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024
... there is "no evidence" to support such claims. She added that any changes that sever the link between an employer and an employee taking parental leave would undermine the goal of increasing women's participation in the workforce.