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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 ...

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 ...