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Base rate lifts to 4.35%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2023
... Blockchain Innovation Hub Nataliya Ilyushina said financial distress among Australians is escalating. "The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has disclosed that 20.2% of Australians are struggling considerably to manage on their present income ...

Fears grow around greenwashing litigation protections

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2023
... efforts to use quantitative scenario analysis as early as possible." Some industry bodies support the idea. The Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) says it "is an important measure that will support companies to develop their reporting maturity ...

AMP names super, investments lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023
... their savings in retirement." Her appointment is part of AMP's recent restructure of its executive line-up after Australian Wealth Management (AWM) chief Scott Hartley resigned from the role in May, to exit by the end of the year. In July, Edwina ...

Macquarie breaks into top 50 fund manager list

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023
... Group broke into the world's top 50 largest fund manager rankings with US$543 billion in assets, making it the only Australian fund manager on the list. The latest analysis by the Willis Towers Watson's Thinking Ahead Institute shows that Aussie ...

Taskforce unveils recommendations for economic equality

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2023
... report Women's Economic Equality: A 10-year plan to unleash the full capacity and contribution of women to the Australian economy today, the WEET presented reforms that are evidence-based and actionable with outcomes that will be measurable to the ...

Lack of income stream drags local retirement system: Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023
... nearly 50 nations, with the lack of a compulsory retirement income stream being what holds it back. The latest Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index sees Australia placed fifth, coming in behind Netherlands, Iceland, Israel and Denmark, all of which ...

Calls for paid menopause leave gather momentum

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023
... survey on the impact of menopause and menstruation in the workplace in tandem with World Menopause Day. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees previously found about 45% of women under 55 are exiting the workforce early due to illness, injury ...

Link shakes up board, names super industry veteran

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2023
... 2010. Lennon is currently a director of Aware Financial Services, the Sydney Financial Forum, McKell Institute, and the Australian People for Health, Education and Development Abroad (APHEDA), an overseas aid agency. He was the former secretary of Unions ...

Launch of new superannuation body imminent

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023
To be known as the Super Members Council of Australia, the new body created by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and Industry Super Australia (ISA) is hunting for a chief executive ahead of its official launch next month. Expected ...

CFA Institute launches private markets, alternatives certificate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2023
The CFA Institute has launched a private markets and alternative investments certificate to Australian investment professionals. The private markets and alternatives investment certificate is suitable for those aspiring to roles at general partner firms ...