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Millennials face gender inequality shock

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
... continues to grow, but a stagnancy at the executive level is disenfranchising millennials as they get to grips with a workplace stuck in its gendered past. Oliver Wyman's 2016 Women in financial services report revealed that while female representation ...

VicSuper hires distribution executive manager

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016
... role Parisotto will be responsible for driving growth and retention through delivering quality financial planning and workplace education services to members, boosting new employer growth and working with the broader business to develop new alliance ...

BUSSQ sees C-suite expansion

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... performance tables. According to the July Rainmaker Benchmarking report, BUSSQ placed on top for performance across the Workplace (MySuper default option), Personal (balanced), and Retirement (balanced) fund options over the 12 months to end April 2016. ...

Super funds return three per cent

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... Superannuation funds have returned an average of 2.9% for the 12 months to 30 June as measured by the SelectingSuper workplace default option MySuper Index, propped up by property and fixed income. The SelectingSuper workplace default option MySuper ...

PROFILE: Metlife chief executive Deanne Stewart

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
... that is often demanding and stressful, Stewart argues that work life balance is essential not only for a productive workplace but to be healthy. "I'm at big believer that it's important that you find time with yourself as well. So I spend a lot of time ...

Super funds on track to post positive return this year

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
The average default option for workplace super has returned an estimated 2.5% in the 2015/16 financial year, according to the analysis by Rainmaker. The headline performance number for the SelectingSuper Default Option Index includes a forecast drop ...

Time to review MySuper effectiveness

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
... millions of members are expected to be transferred in the second half of 2016. As the MySuper transition completes, Workplace Super Specialists Australia (WSSA) chief executive Douglas Latto believes consideration must be given to what advantage the ...

Financial services needs more female leaders

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
... must be seen as a commercial imperative rather than just as part of corporate social responsibility or fairness in the workplace." National Australia Bank group executive enterprise services and transformation, Renee Roberts, said: "It's not just about ...

Surveys show accumulation and retirement battle

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
... signs of a potential problem of hidden pensioners being employed, unable to retire and yet much less productive in the workplace." In the Roy Morgan survey, Catholic Super topped customer satisfaction ratings, followed by Cbus and HESTA.

Super funds reverse poor start to 2016

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
The SelectingSuper workplace default option MySuper Index showed a positive 1.4% monthly return in April which, combined with the positive return in March, has effectively reversed the negative results for January and February. The positive month contributed ...