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Magellan adds to board

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
... board. Colette Garnsey has over 40 years' experience in retail, marketing and distribution and is currently the chair of Australian Wool Innovation and was a non-executive director at Flight Centre Travel Group and Seven West Media. Garnsey was previously ...

Labor, unions, industry funds seethe

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... growth has been sluggish - many factors determines income growth." Prior to the release of the report, the Australian Council of Trade Unions also feared whatever the review's findings were they could be used to delay SG increases. The ACTU released ...

Super funds overlook VC potential

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
... investment opportunities en masse which has benefited members," Waring said. "However, this is having a negative impact on Australian small-cap shares not in the ETF indices, which are losing billions of dollars of potential investment to large cap and ...

RBA, ASIC provide CHESS guidance

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... replacement was critical to manage systemic risk going forward. "CHESS has supported the clearing and settlement of Australian equities for over 25 years but is becoming harder to maintain and is less flexible than contemporary software," she said. "Replacing ...

FSC calls for scaled advice model

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has called on the government to implement a two-year trial of a scalable advice model, in a bid to increase access to affordable advice to Australians at a time when they need it most. The COVID-19 crisis has seen ...

Government introduces pandemic payment

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
... Workers will be able to access the payment multiple times if they are required to self-isolate more than once. Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) secretary Sally McManus said the payment is a step forward but it is the minimum wage whereas the ...

Morrison's legacy will be retirement poverty: ACTU

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
The Australian Council of Trade Unions has slammed the government's early release of superannuation program, saying that Prime Minister Scott Morrison's legacy will be a wave of retirement poverty. Following the second round of early release withdrawals ...

ME Bank pays industry funds no dividends

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... injection. Wilson then moved on to questioning McPhee about ME Bank's relationship with a program run by the Australian Council of Trade Unions. ACTU Member Connect chair Tony Beck, who ME Bank employs as a consultant, was brought up by Wilson as ...

ACTU pokes holes in JobKeeper

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
The Australian Council of Trade Unions believes the government's JobKeeper program is still flawed, though is glad the calls of Australian workers have been heard. ACTU secretary Sally McManus has called for the government to revise its $130 billion ...

Financial regulators poised for action

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... customers. "The members of the Council of Financial Regulators remain in close contact with one another and with the Australian Government and their international peers," the council said. "The council will have its regular quarterly meeting on Friday ...