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RARE partners with WaterAid

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
... equality education. RARE co-chief executive Nick Langley said the company believes access to safe water is a fundamental human right, and that infrastructure is a means to support poverty reduction and increase the standard of living. "This is why we ...

Australians raid super to pay for medical expenses

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
... their superannuation accounts to pay for medical expenses including gastric banding and IVF. Figures from the Department of Human Services reveal that in 2016-17, more than $290 million was rereleased from the superannuation system under compassionate ...

AustralianSuper embraces goals-based advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... if they all wake up tomorrow wanting advice, whether it be face-to-face or phone-based, we just wouldn't have the actual human capital to be able to satisfy that," he said. "This allows us to deploy an advice solution across the mass membership, while ...

HESTA wins big at AIST awards

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2017
Industry super fund HESTA scooped the pool at last nights' 10th annual AIST Awards for Excellence in Melbourne last night. The fund took home three awards, including the award for Best Internal Communication Campaign for their "Eight Great Mates" campaign ...

Fidelity strengthens support for global LGBTI community

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2017
... discrimination against the LGBTI community. The global investment house has adopted standards developed by the United Nations' Human Rights Office, outlining actions organisations can take to protect the rights of LGBTI individuals. Fidelity has vowed ...

BetaShares launches Australian ESG fund

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2017
... environments, animal cruelty, chemicals of concern, mandatory detention of asylum seekers, alcohol, junk foods, pornography, human rights and supply chain concerns and payday lending." BetaShares managing director Alex Vynokur said the new ETF reflects ...

Manage wealth with authority: Academic

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
... 2017 Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia Conference in Sydney, Ariely said consistent failure to understand human capacity for rational thought had allowed the financial services industry to place responsibility for answering complicated ...

ME Bank recruits for people experience

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
... who will sit on the executive team and manage ME Bank's people and culture functions. Simpson is a former general manager, human resources across various divisions of Microsoft and was most recently executive vice-president, HR at US fintech EllieMae. ...

Advisers require entrepreneurial hat

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
... business owner enabled her to focus on the bigger picture of running a small company - from marketing, client attraction and human resources to the overall business strategy. "Part of what helped me do that was a leadership training program I invested ...

The age of algorithmic advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017
... financial context and feed it into the technology. Pefin, touted as the world's first artificial intelligence adviser, estimates human beings over a lifespan have between five to eight million data points based on every decision made. What Pefin does ...