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Listed fintech partners for financial wellness

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
... pay-down credit card and loan debt. A survey conducted by Wisr found 48% of employees had experienced stress in the workplace because of their personal financial situation. About 65% have experienced feelings of anxiety or panic while at work due to ...

Former AMEX director joins wealth consultant

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
... Sydney office and provide senior consulting services. Most recently Colaco was head of people and culture consulting at workplace outfitter Amicus, having earlier worked at FINEOS as principal presale consultant and ING as a senior business analyst. ...

Life insurer early intervention a win: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
... slash return-to-work times to five weeks from the typical 13 to 18 weeks, it said. The report noted while the bulk of workplace injuries relate to musculoskeletal disorders, there has been significant growth in mental illness claims. "Claims for mental ...

Industry stakeholders welcome PC report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018
... well for the majority of Australians, but said it also demonstrates that having default funds tied to employers and workplace relations via enterprise agreements and modern awards is also contributing to poor outcomes. "They note that this has worked ...

TAL bolsters mental health capabilities

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2018
... with SuperFriend. We understand that it's not always easy to have sensitive conversations around mental health in the workplace and this practical program will help our people identify when support is needed, how and when to have discussions with their ...

Life insurers should fund medical rehabilitation: MLC

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2018
... reducing liabilities for the insurers. Under current law, life insurers can fund non-medical rehabilitative services (like workplace assessments, vocational assessments and initial needs assessments). However, they are prevented from paying out claims ...

Industry fund chief executive retires

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
... Michael's strategic leadership and the importance he places on personal engagement and fostering a strong and inclusive workplace culture. Michael's leadership, integrity and values have formed the basis of our success as an organisation."

UniSuper establishes on-campus footprint

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... partners and makes it even easier for our members to access our extensive advice services by bringing advice to their workplace," he said. "It is exciting to have our first UniSuper centres opened and we are looking forward to rolling these out to other ...

MySuper growth leads industry

KANIKA SOOD, DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
... average calendar year return since 2013. This said, Rainmaker's latest Benchmarking report shows the SelectingSuper workplace Default/MySuper Index having a negative monthly return of 0.3% in February. "The monthly result was underpinned by a relatively ...

Diversity leads growth manager in new direction

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... Platypus wholly supports HESTA's recent move to question local and offshore asset managers about where they stand on workplace gender diversity. Three out of eight investment staff are female at the growth manager. Stevanovic said it has never been the ...