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Member outreach boosts post-merger integration

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 JAN 2019
... for money fund" - a figure that rose from 45% to 66% in the last 12 months, Brooks said. 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 ...

Financial Standard unwrapped: Our top stories in 2018

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... changes considered by the wealth firm was a plan to discontinue its Virtual Advice offering, which triggered urgent workplace meetings between the Finance Sector Union and impacted BTFG employees. HSBC quietly exits financial advice HSBC quietly called ...

Labor pledges tougher unpaid super penalties

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... universal superannuation part of the National Employment Standards." "The retirement savings of Australian workers are a workplace right - they deserve the same strong protections as any other workplace right," he wrote. Bowen said: "Currently unpaid ...

Industry fund boosts executive team

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2018
... title has changed from head of investments to chief investment officer. Deakin was most recently the national manager of workplace and employer super at IOOF. Her experience spans senior managerial, marketing and business development roles, which includes ...

Women in Super ramps up "Make Super Fair" campaign

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
Women in Super (WIS) caps the year with a new video campaign addressing gender inequality in super. Speaking at the member luncheon last week, NSW state chair Lata McNulty gave an update on WIS activities in recent months, including the 'Make Super ...

Planning firm among healthiest Australian workplaces

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
Financial services companies fared well in AIA's latest healthiest workplace survey, with a 21-year-old firm recognised as Australia's healthiest small workplace. The Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation, planning firm Announcer and Mercer are all ...

Miscalculations delay remediation, more issues emerge: AMP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
... assumption that no further problems are identified. However, Wilkins admitted that AMP is currently "urgently sampling" workplace super members prompted by eight breaches identified by the company in October. Senior counsel assisting Michael Hodge asked ...

FS Power50 names most influential advisers in 2018

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
... an influential figure is much more than having a far-reaching online profile. It is about owning your position in the workplace and developing credibility; it is about sharing your knowledge base; and it is about being an active community participant ...

Culture dominates shareholder engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
... called for stricter reporting on labour conditions and for the supermarket to involve the National Union of Workers in workplace rights, education, and grievance resolution procedures.

Gender split sees new investment industry focus

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
... venture capital businesses are committed to increasing the number of women employees following the sector's latest workplace diversity study. At its 25th annual conference in September, the Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association ...