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FPA names new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021
... operating officer of HOPE Housing Funds Management, a not-for-profit that provides shared equity financing for essential workers. Abood was the chief executive of advice firm Profile Financial Services for nine years until she left in 2019. Prior to ...

Pensioners could solve skills shortage

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
... civil engineers, vets, and agricultural scientists are highly in demand. There is also a shortage of nurses, childcare workers, cooks, bakers, locksmiths, and mechanics across all states and territories. Raising the threshold, ACCI chief executive Andrew ...

Government fails to prioritise $450 threshold

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021
... contributing to poorer outcomes for women in retirement. According to Women in Super, there are approximately 300,000 workers in Australia currently earning less than $450 a month, and two out of three of those are women. HESTA chief executive Debby ...

Retirement Income Covenant hits parliament

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2021
... (Enhancing Superannuation Outcomes For Australians and Helping Australian Businesses Invest) Bill 2021 to ensure that those workers who are paid less than $450 per month can receive superannuation. "This will benefit 300,000 low-income Australians of ...

QSuper faces class action over excess premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021
... most of the fund members impacted are Queensland government employees and their spouses, teachers and health industry workers like doctors and psychiatrists," Shine Lawyers class actions practice leader Joshua Aylward said. "It's incredibly disappointing ...

What super funds should know about Gen Z

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2021
... super to help them build a more financially secure and sustainable future. "It might not be surprising that our Gen Z workers are focusing on shorter-term investments rather than their super, but it is concerning how much they are potentially sacrificing ...

Test-induced movement marginal: Data

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2021
... the Victorian Independent Schools Superannuation Fund's MySuper product. While it's still early days, APRA is urging workers to reassess their super arrangements as soon as possible. "The trustees of APRA-regulated superannuation funds have a legal ...

'Great resignation' a real risk: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
... there's a chance they will still be with their current company in two years. Probably contributing to the unrest, 64% of workers did not feel supported by their employer during the pandemic and only 36% agreed that their company was a good place to work ...

Hong Kong REIT buys Queen Victoria Building

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
... Australia and dominate Sydney's core retail precinct, which is positioned for recovery following the end of lockdowns, as workers, tourists and shoppers return to the CBD." The acquisition of the 50% stake in the Queen Victoria Building, The Strand Arcade ...

Aussies in the dark over super stapling

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
... make sure they are with a good fund." ISA previously lobbied for the government to amend the YFYS package to only allow workers to be stapled to funds that passed the performance test to no avail. "Given the risks to so many people's livelihoods ...