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Modern slavery on the rise a decade on from Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
... "significant gap" between wages for many workers in the apparel sector in Bangladesh and the living wage - the amount of money people need to survive. "The pandemic has impacted vulnerable workers who were further exposed," she said. "Safety is one piece ...

Search funds beat VC, private equity returns

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023
... average failure rate for a search fund is less than 20%, he says, adding that in such cases investors typically see their money returned; globally, only four search funds have failed and burned investor capital. "On a risk-adjusted basis, search funds ...

Apple dives deeper into financial services

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023
... get even more value out of their favourite Apple Card benefit - Daily Cash - while providing them with an easy way to save money every day," said Apple Pay and Apple Wallet vice president Jennifer Bailey. The company added, once a savings account is ...

Brighter Super forges ahead with SFT

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 APR 2023
... acquired in April 2022. The group is forecasting to manage $60 billion in assets over the next few years. Brighter Super won Money magazine's Best of the Best Award in 2023 for Best-value MySuper product. The group unveiled a new board line-up of 15 ...

Government divulges vision for superannuation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 APR 2023
... push to transform retirement savings into retirement income. "We've got to move from a system that's about saving money to ensuring that we provide the retirement income that people need," Jones said. "I don't think anyone can argue that ...

Budget all about responsible economic management: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 14 APR 2023
... upgrades from higher commodity prices," he said. "Also, trimming spending where we think that we can get better value for money elsewhere. We did that in the October budget, and we'll be doing it again in May." When pushed further, Chalmers reinforced ...

Super fund selection driven by fees: SCA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023
... is that there's strong consumer demand for super funds to actively demonstrate they're looking after people's money." "We agree that poorly performing products should be disqualified from the system, and commend the Federal Government for ...

Digital advice association in the works

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2023
... are Abrdn head of retirement and digital innovation Jason Nyilas, Advice Intelligence chief executive Jacqui Henderson, Money GPS founder George Haramis and Ignition Advice global head of strategy and corporate services Andrew Baker. Speaking to Financial ...

ISA renews calls for gig worker super

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2023
... contributions could mean an extra $10,800 at retirement or $17,500 after five years of work. "Not only would this extra money improve the quality of life for individuals at retirement it would reduce the burden on the age pension," ISA said. The federal ...

YFYS recommendations not enough: AIST

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2023
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) says the proposed changes to the Your Future, Your Super regime don't go far enough. AIST chief executive Eva Scheerlinck said that while some measures align with AIST's views, others fall short. ...