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Boards unprepared for new workplace laws: Research

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023
... whether a complaint has been filed. Research from the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) and the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) shows 85% of ASX300 directors believe workplace sexual harassment prevention is a high ...

Vale John Quessy

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2023
... NGS Super said. "We extend our deepest sympathies to his family and friends for their significant loss." The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) also expressed deep sadness over the loss of the passionate trade unionist and campaigner. "As IEU ...

Women still underrepresented in asset management roles: FSC

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2023
While the average number of women in investment teams is slowly growing, the Financial Services Council (FSC) has found they still only account for 29%. The FSC surveyed 16 of its global and domestic fund manager members, with all participants apparently ...

A third of Aussies want life insurance advice: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023
New research commissioned by the Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) shows the number of people receiving professional life insurance advice remains low, despite a third showing interest. The survey polled over 1000 Australian workers aged between ...

Private markets make concrete inroads with advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023
... assets sector to heights of $118 billion at the end of September 2022, according to Preqin and the Australian Investment Council (AIC). In recent years, Spire Capital director and head of investments Stuart Haigh has seen the private market sector, particularly ...

VFMC selects new chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023
... serving as a non-executive director for Computershare and Koda Capital. She also sits on the National Gallery of Victoria's council of trustees. Previous roles include deputy chair of the Indigenous Land Corporation, chair of ASIC's Markets Disciplinary ...

Payday super protects most vulnerable: SMC

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023
New modelling by the Super Members Council (SMC) reveals payday super could add up to $36,000 to the retirement balance of workers in the lowest 20% of wage earners. A recent SMC analysis of an Australian Taxation Office sample file has found that on ...

SMSF Association, CA ANZ rally against super tax changes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023
... the potential adverse consequences of introducing these changes without indexation. Pertinently, the Financial Services Council (FSC) estimates that up to half a million young Australians could be impacted by the time they retire. CA ANZ Superannuation ...

New chair named for Future Generation Global

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023
Former Business Council of Australia leader Jennifer Westacott has been named the new chair of Future Generation Global (FGG). Westacott brings significant experience to the role, having worked as the chief executive of the Business Council of Australia ...

Treasury mulls reforming use of genetic test results by life insurers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023
... use of genetic testing results to continue to be governed by the Life Insurance Code of Practice, now overseen by the Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI), and the Disability Discrimination Act 1992. If there were government intervention, the consultation ...