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FPA to manage $1.5m scholarship mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... and create a talent pool and pipeline for diversity in business leadership participation and further close the gender pay gap." The scholarships encourage and assist women, particularly from disadvantaged backgrounds, to enter, re-enter and achieve leadership ...

Super funds back carbon startup

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
A new carbon risk management startup backed by Aware Super, Energy Super and Future Super has launched with former AMP chair Catherine Brenner on the board. Emmi will collect and analyse data on carbon emissions to assess businesses' financial risks ...

State Street launches dedicated crypto, blockchain business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... tokenisation not only gain momentum, but transform financial infrastructure and operating models, we can help our clients bridge the gap between the industry of today and the one of tomorrow." State Street's GlobalLink technology platform will be a central ...

Sydney digital adviser wins UK client

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2021
... benefit greatly from financial advice but they perceive it to be inaccessible and too costly. This is at the root of the advice gap and something we are fully focused on addressing. Ignition was founded in Sydney in 2014 by Mike Giles and Mark Fordree ...

Financial services job market hot: Hays

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
... employers exhibit today. On the other, professionals say the value of these increases is far less than they deserve." This gap between what employers will offer and what employees think they are worth must be managed with sensitivity if companies are ...

Chief economist update: RBNZ will run out of patience next year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
... during the peak summer season, it predicts GDP growth to accelerate to 3.9% by late 2022 that, in turn, would turn the output gap from negative to a big positive. This is supported by its unemployment and inflation forecasts. "The unemployment rate is ...

Poor financial literacy failing young workers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... failing to provide practical financial literacy skills for students as they navigate the workforce. The financial education gap could be curbed as early as high school education, according to a survey by financial advisory and accounting firm Findex ...

Victoria Devine launches investing platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021
... stop worrying about the competition, stop seeing technology as a threat and stop saying it's too hard to address the advice gap and throwing our hands in the air. It's time for solutions - not in five years' time. Now."

Long way for super complaints overhaul

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021
... underway in their preparations but there are still some who have not yet commenced critical steps such as undertaking a process gap analysis or mapping the member's journey when accessing IDR," Press said. She flagged improvements super funds need ...

Generational wealth gap continues to widen

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... 40s, 50s, and 60s are likely to be significantly worse off financially than their parents, with the intergenerational wealth gap only widening. Speaking at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds, Taylor Fry principal actuary Hugh Miller explained ...