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Rest switches up recruitment focus

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2023
... weeks with the situation in the US and Europe, the environment can change quickly. An outcome that might have seemed likely a few weeks ago can suddenly be doubtful." He makes a good point. The question of whether central banks would divert monetary ...

Regulators prioritise emerging areas of risk

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... Katrina Ellis, ASIC Commissioner Danielle Press and Australian Tax Office (ATO) deputy commissioner Emma Rosenzweig shared a few areas of focus. Rosenzweig said the ATO has just published its major statistics on lost and unclaimed super. "Since November ...

Still work to be done on group insurance: ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
Superannuation funds need to improve the life insurance they provide members, with ASIC finding trustees have not made sufficient effort to do so since it began targeted work in the area in 2019. Last year, ASIC reviewed the actions of 15 trustees in ...

Menopause: The silent economic crisis

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... through," Dunlop says. This mentality of sucking it up is a huge contributor to the lack of data available on the subject as few women receive a formal diagnosis from their GP. But there is some cause for hope. At the end of 2022, the government announced ...

Could a four-day workweek save the day?

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... we'll be spreading the available hours of work more evenly across people in the labor force." Already, Dawson says, a few Australian unions are getting behind the four-day work, one of them being the Australian Nurses and Midwives Foundation. "This ...

The unique experience of a single woman

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
Facing dodgy dates, ticking biological clocks and an endless procession of nosey family members asking after their private life, single women have plenty on their plates - and all with a serve of financial disadvantage on the side. Global statistics ...

Lending to small businesses increases: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2023
Despite soaring interest rates, the number of small business owners borrowing from banks has sharply risen in 2022, a new survey reveals. More than a third (36%) of Australian small businesses canvassed by CPA Australia are increasingly relying on external ...

Aware Super to boost investment capabilities with new platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023
... expanded to accommodate this growth. The investment team's size is forecast to increase from 115 to 200 people, over the next few years, according to an Aware Super spokesperson. Meanwhile, like many superannuation giants, Aware Super is pursuing an ...

GBST revamps wealth platform, unveils corporate rebrand

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2023
... whereas before it wasn't." GBST's new branding will be rolled out across the globe over the coming weeks. Over the past few years, GBST has faced challenges related to a change of ownership, leaving it in a suspended state. In 2021, FNZ Group ...

abrdn loses global chief economist

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2023
... for three years. Almost 15 years later, and four organisations in five cities and three countries, as well as more than a few grey hairs behind me, it is time to return home." "The spectacular city of Sydney beckons, and we can't wait to be around our ...