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Fight for workplace equality and diversity far from over

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2017
Those already in positions of power in the workplace have a responsibility to make room for women to step up. That is the view of the Association of Financial Advisers' outgoing chief executive Brad Fox, as shared during a panel discussion at an International ...

Women key to finance sector culture issues

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... chief executive Danielle Press, who also spoke at the event in light of International Women's Day, said behaviour in the workplace is as important as performance. An organisation can have a get a great performer but "messes your culture up" as evident ...

New social bond advocates gender equality

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... institutional investors to directly invest in Australian organisations actively championing women and equality in the workplace. The NAB Social Bond (Gender Equality) is a fixed income obligation of NAB via which institutional investors can participate ...

KISS selects SMSF compliance software provider

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
... we've utilised the benefits of BGL's Simple Fund Desktop software and Portal by BGL to be a 100% paperless and flexible workplace so we've never been cloud phobic, but like many accountants we didn't want to dive straight in when Simple Fund 360 was ...

Aussie firms join gender index

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
The number of female executives at firms listed on the global Bloomberg Financial Services Gender Equality Index (BFGEI) jumped 25.2% between 2014 and 2015. That is a highlight of the 2017 BFGEI, recognising 52 firms in 17 countries with a commitment ...

Aussie advice firm sold to US risk manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 JAN 2017
... Gallagher & Co. The transaction marks a continued Australian expansion for the US-owned AJG. The firm acquired Perth-based workplace risk consultancy RiskLink in December 2016. AJG originally expanded its Australian presence by acquiring OAMPS Insurance ...

Australia dulled to gender diversity: AMP Capital

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
Corporate Australia is becoming desensitised to gender diversity. That is the key argument of AMP Capital's latest report on the issue. 'GENDER DIVERSITY: The real reason we are still talking about it' is a report discussing the drivers of poor gender ...

Investment managers must find purpose, not performance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016
... alignment of purpose, habit and incentives with the goals and values of the individual respondents, their clients and workplace. It is directly linked to client satisfaction and employee engagement. The study shows Asia-Pacific with the second highest ...

Group insurance critical: FSC

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... or not enough insurance. In a statement the FSC said the current system, where workers who contribute to a mandatory workplace super fund get insurance cover automatically unless they choose to opt out, provides important social and economic benefits. ...

SelectingSuper announces super fund of the year

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
... winners included the QSuper Accumulation account for the MySuper Lifestage Product of the Year; Statewide Super for Workplace Select Choice Product of the Year; and HESTA Personal Super for Personal Select Choice Product of the Year. In the full service ...