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Vanguard incentivises staff to get the jab

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2021
... vaccinated against COVID-19. A spokesperson said the fund manager has no plans to roll out the incentive for its Australian workers as yet. "While Vanguard strongly encourages staff to get a COVID-19 vaccine when it is available to them, we have no plans ...

GigSuper eyes $1.5m raise

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
The superannuation startup geared at self-employed workers is looking to raise $1.5 million, as it sets it sights on 60,000 members in five years. GigSuper this week opened a crowd-funded raise for $1.5 million based on pre-money valuation of $8.1 million. ...

Tidswell agrees it contravened Corps Act

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021
... between November 2016 and February 2018. MobiSuper used a website page called "Lost Super Search", which purported to help workers locate lost super but had the primary function of encouraging the worker to open a MobiSuper Fund account, transfer funds ...

Companies failing harassment victims: ACSI

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021
... of the systematic failures to properly address sexual harassment that exist within corporates. "One in three Australian workers have experienced sexual harassment in the last five years," she said. "People are at higher risk include as young people ...

Modern slavery obligations fall by the wayside: ACSI

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021
Despite pledging to do more to help vulnerable workers, Australia's top 200 public companies are falling short on their modern slavery obligations. According to a new study by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors, major companies are ...

Eliminating debt prioritised over pension contributions

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
A new study from the US finds that workers would rather pay off debt than contribute as much as 10% of their salary to their pension plan. J.P. Morgan Asset Management's annual survey found that 65% of employees haven't been able to contribute to their ...

UniSuper's O'Sullivan on what's next

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
... investment performance. But it now faces challenges from the government's plans to staple non-choosing Australian workers to existing funds and the drop in overseas students' arrivals with COVID-19 triggered border closures. Going public offer ...

Vision Super appoints new chair

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2021
... Darmanin commented that she was proud to be the first female chair at the fund. "My career has been focused on supporting workers, and particularly women, when it comes to their workplace rights," she said. "Vision Super has a long history as a fund ...

AustralianSuper names next merger partner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2021
... he said. "LUCRF Super has specialised in taking care of the retirement savings of a large proportion of the lowest paid workers in Australia for more than four decades and we are certain that a merger with AustralianSuper will continue to provide the ...

UniSuper opens its doors, hits $100bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2021
... today, the fund also reached a milestone, hitting $100 billion in funds under management. The super fund has opened to workers outside of the higher education and research sector, a move that was flagged in early May. In the same month, chief executive ...