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Raw truth on merger process: Panel

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
With consolidation in the superannuation industry not slowing down, those who've been through a merger have revealed the anxiety, job losses and workload involved. Speaking on a panel at the AIST Conference of Major Superannuation Funds, Spirit ...

Stapling will benefit Hostplus: David Elia

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... executive Kevin O'Sullivan spoke about pros and cons of work from home arrangements. As upsides he counted better employee productivity for concentrated tasks, people showing up to meetings on time and more people being able to attend meetings such ...

Aged care workers depended on ERS: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
Aged care employees relied more on the early release of superannuation (ERS) scheme compared to other workers health and community services sectors, research from HESTA reveals. The proportion of HESTA members who work in aged care and childhood education ...

OPINION: Super for housing was the wrong policy fight

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
After the shock of the Early Release of Superannuation scheme's COVID-19 amendment, the superannuation sector can breathe a sigh of relief that government hasn't introduced a mechanism to allow members to divert their super savings into a deposit on ...

Rest offers extra parental leave

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
Rest has increased its 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 ...

Chief economist update: Bad news is good news is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021
Wall Street benchmark equity indices closed on the up and up on May 7 - the Dow and the S&P 500 index even rallied new record highs -- the same day the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) revealed disappointing labour market stats. The US economy added ...

Global institute launches free expat advice resources

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
... careers of some of the most successful Australians often takes them overseas where they accrue foreign assets, pensions and employee benefits. International and cross-border financial planning might sound challenging to some advisers who don't provide ...

CountPlus firm finalises merger

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
One of the ASX-listed advice and accounting group's member firms has acquired an accounting and superannuation specialist. Cooper Reeves and 4Front Holdings have merged and will now be rebranded to 4Front. CountPlus will sell its Cooper Reeves shares ...

UniSuper to open doors to public

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
The $95 billion industry fund for the higher education and research sector is opening the fund to the general public. From July 5, UniSuper will allow new members to join the fund which is currently has 450,000 members made up of employees of the sector ...

KPMG recommends super changes

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
KPMG says SG contributions should be included in the Commonwealth Paid Parental Scheme, among three recommendations to level the gender gap in the workforce. Its recently published paper Towards a more equal sharing of work says since the 1970s, the ...