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Industry fund chief executive to step down

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2021
... very fortunate to have delivered such an important financial service to the hospitality industry - some of the hardest workers in the country who form a big part of Australian culture." "I'm extremely grateful for the support and guidance provided ...

Aware Super builds out affordable housing

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021
... know that finding safe, secure, quality affordable housing close to where they work is a real challenge for essential workers - many of whom are our members - and we are determined to play our part in the solution through investments such as this," Aware ...

Class gifts employees leave to fight burnout

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2021
... uncertainty have worsened the impact of burnout. McKinsey's recent Reimagine Work survey (2021) indicated 61% of Australian workers reported being at least somewhat burned out and suggested that was an underrepresentation of the real portion of employees ...

HESTA to support young women in financial services

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2021
... diverse talent to investment teams. The fund is also launching a pilot Returnship Program which encourages mature-aged workers to retrain in areas of skill shortages such as tech, digital and data science. "A lot of people at HESTA find they're doing ...

Office workers burnt out: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021
New research from The Adecco Group Australia, released for R U OK? Day, has revealed that Australian office workers are the most burnt out in the world. More than half (53%) of Australian respondents say they suffered from burnout in the last 12 months ...

Tim Wilson grills NAB on super ownership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021
Liberal MP Tim Wilson has grilled National Australia Bank chief executive Ross McEwan on whether super funds have undue influence over Australian banks, as funds own larger portions of the ASX. Wilson asked NAB whether super funds, as shareholders ...

Gauging the Future Fund's MySuper potential

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2021
... industry as a "closed cartel" with high fees and low competition. He proposed the Future Fund become the default option for workers, while others looked at the fund's historic returns and made claims of it outperforming MySuper. "The Future Fund is a ...

Time to weed out dud funds: Delaney

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... its measurement of performance. However, he made it clear that funds with poor performance are not serving members and workers should be moved to funds that make the most of their retirement savings. "There's a lot to like about the thinking behind ...

Wayne Swan to chair Cbus

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... build on the historic strength of their fund. It is because of the advocacy, agitation and sacrifice of building industry workers that Australia now has a $3.3 trillion pool of national savings." He added that as Australia recovers from the COVID-19 ...

Zurich introduces gender affirmation leave

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
Zurich Australia and New Zealand has strengthened its support for LGBTQ+ workers by introducing gender affirmation leave. Zurich's new gender affirmation policy provides transgender and gender diverse team members access to assistance if they choose ...