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New role for Future Super co-founder

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021

... vehicle. In her new role, Hunter has launched a progressive gender neutral paid parental program. This includes paid parental leave of 20 weeks during the first two years of birth, adoption or fostering regardless of gender. The leave is also available ...

Verve Super launches gender diversity index

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021

... commitments to drive change inclusivity and flexible workplace practices; promotion of women into leadership; and paid parental leave. Chief executive and co-founder Christina Hobbs said Verve's new investment approach will likely see hundreds of ...

Budget no cure for hangover from last one

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021

... contribution cap. But it's what was not in the budget that Birks said was disappointing. There was nothing for paid parental leave, no adjustment to the low-income super tax offset, nothing to address the COVID-19 super gap, the gender super gap ...

Aussies regret ERS withdrawals: AIST poll

KANIKA SOOD | TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021

... budget, she cheered the removal of the $450 threshold but called out the government's failure to introduce paid parental leave. "But the budget also missed some opportunities to create a better future and a stronger, fairer economy. There was no ...

Super funds slam budget's super gap measures

KANIKA SOOD | WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021

... workforce to care for children. More needs to be done to improve their retirement outcomes. Paying super on paid parental leave is an easy and obvious fix." The Actuaries Institute said the budget had not leveraged the Retirement Income Review report's ...

Rest offers extra parental leave

KARREN VERGARA | TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021

... parental leave for employees who work full time or part time. Eligible employees can now claim 16 weeks of paid parental leave instead of the 14 weeks previously available can be taken flexibly during a 12-month period. Rest chief executive Vicki Doyle ...

KPMG recommends super changes

KANIKA SOOD | WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021

... Paid Parental Scheme and allowing unused concessional contributions to be made for recipients of Commonwealth Paid Parental Leave without time limit. It also wants the Sex Discrimination Act to be amended to allow willing employers to make higher superannuation ...

Hume expands portfolio

ANNABELLE DICKSON | TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021

... disciplinary body. In welcoming the new taskforce Hume is to help steer, The Parenthood urged the group to increase paid parental leave for parents and carers, reintroduce the women's budget statement and to support parents and caregivers through family ...

SG rise no real benefit to women: Review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020

... Martin Fahy said. "Structural issues such as the $450 per month threshold for SG, not receiving super during paid parental leave, practical difficulties with family law and super splitting and no compulsory super for the self-employed, all serve to leave ...

Mental health over financial health: Research

ELIZA BAVIN | THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020

... followed by professional training, extra personal and carers leave, employee assistance programs and extra paid parental leave. The study also found that 40% of Australians are suffering from some form of mental ill-health due to the ongoing pandemic ...

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Grattan Institute renews calls for best-in-show super funds, partial annuitisation

KARREN VERGARA

The Grattan Institute is urging the government to mandate the partial annuitisation of Australians' superannuation and implement the 'best-in-show' list of funds to help simplify a "complex" system and allow retirees to spend their savings with confidence.

Super admin providers face reckoning in 2025: Finura

KARREN VERGARA

More companies will divest their superannuation administration offerings in 2025, according to Finura, as super funds potentially move this service in-house amid tighter scrutiny from the regulators.

Insignia grants CC Capital limited due diligence

ELIZA BAVIN

Insignia said it has carefully considered the revised CC Capital bid which was made last week.

BlackRock settles lawsuit for 'misleading consumers'

ANDREW MCKEAN

BlackRock has reached a settlement in a lawsuit filed by the State of Tennessee, which alleged the asset manager misled consumers about how much its investment strategies were influenced by ESG considerations.

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