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Calls for paid menopause leave gather momentum

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023
... remaining workplace taboos", Aware Super is introducing paid menopause leave to its employees, effective November 1. The policy allows 10 days of leave per financial year, to be used for attending appointments, treatment, or for self-care in managing ...

Forager to delist Aussie LIT

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2023
... struggled to close the 15% valuation gap over the last four years, while efforts such as introducing a semi-annual distribution policy and undertaking regular buybacks have failed to make a difference. "It is the manager's view that investor apathy ...

RBA's multi-channel approach curbs inflation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023
... the cash rate leads to higher interest payments for those with debt, there exists other avenues through which monetary policy influences demand and curtails inflation in Australia. Kent told Bloomberg's office on Wednesday that the cash-flow channel ...

Multi-asset funds see $1bn exodus

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023
Multi-asset funds recorded their fourth consecutive quarter of outflows, losing nearly $1 billion in the last 12 months, new data from Calastone finds. The year to September 2023 saw multi-asset funds suffer $974 million in outflows, the longest run ...

Super tax change to impact SMSF members: Research

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023
... gains in the measurement of earnings. "Taxing unrealised capital gains is a somewhat radical departure from existing tax policy and extremely rare in OECD pension systems," he said. "There are potentially far broader consequences than those already outlined ...

Australia vulnerable to further shocks: RBA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2023
... Australian businesses and households are vulnerable to further shocks following high inflation and the tightening of monetary policy. According to the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) most recent Financial Stability Review, the Australian business ...

Global economy 'remarkably resilient', faces growth challenges: IMF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2023
... limited capacity to shield their economies and assist the most vulnerable. "Divergence is also driven by differences in policy space and macroeconomic fundamentals, in the extent of dependency on fuel and food imports, in the share of goods versus services ...

Housing crisis costing Australia $64bn: Aware

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2023
... said the fund is pleased with the federal and state government's response but said more must be done and called for policy change. "We are absolutely calling for policy changes at every level of government to help reduce the cost of building these ...

Bullock keeps cash rate at 4.10%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023
... (RBA) governor Michele Bullock has left the cash rate at 4.10% for the month of October. Announcing the latest monetary policy decision whilst taking the helm for the first time, Bullock left the door open for potential rate hikes in the future. "Some ...

First Super appoints to board

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2023
... including a two-year secondment to the Canadian Forest Service and senior roles in the Australian Government in research and policy including with the CSIRO and ABARES. Currently, Stephens serves as Timber Queensland chief executive and Forestry Australia ...