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Fair Work Commission raises minimum wage 5.2%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2022
The Fair Work Commission has today announced a 5.2% increase to the minimum wage which will come into effect from July. The Fair Work Commission has announced that the new minimum wage will be $812.60 per week or $21.38 per hour. The commission panel ...

The first 30 years: Super's biggest changes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2022
Choice of fund, shrinking investment horizons and the sheer size of the super industry have been pinpointed as the biggest changes of the last 30 years. In a panel discussion on day two of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees ASI Conference ...

Tomorrow belongs to those who hear it coming: ASI

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2022
Appearing at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees' ASI Conference, BNP Paribas Global Directions managing director Keith Suter took a dive into the pressures currently facing Australian trustees and investors, saying contingency planning ...

AustralianSuper expands capital markets team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2022
... trader, and an executive director at Morgan Stanley. Earlier in his career, Kerr worked at Kerry Packer's Consolidated Press Holdings to advise on currency risks, both operational and investment. From 2000 to 2007, he was portfolio manager, currency ...

OECD projects sharp growth deceleration

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2022
Russia's invasion of Ukraine immediately slowed the recovery from the Covid pandemic and set the global economy on a course of lower growth, the OECD said. The intergovernmental organisation's latest economic outlook said global growth would ...

Cbus, Hostplus take out customer satisfaction awards

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022
Cbus and Hostplus have taken out titles at Roy Morgan's annual Customer Satisfaction Awards. Cbus was awarded the Industry Superannuation Fund of the year, while Hostplus won Major Superannuation Fund of the Year. This was the first time either super ...

Reserve Bank shocks with hawkish 50bp increase

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2022
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has decided to increase the cash rate target by 50 basis points to 85 basis points. The central bank also raised the interest rate on exchange settlement balances by 50 basis points to 75 basis points. At its meeting ...

Lifespan partners with OpenInvest to launch advice solution

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2022
... the financial advice industry to look toward new technologies to enable them to reach and help mainstream Australia. "The press is doing a great job in highlighting the size of the problem - thousands of advisers continue to exit the industry every year ...

GDP rises but headwinds abound

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022
Beating consensus estimates, the Australian GDP rose 0.8% in Q1 and 3.3% year on year. While more positive than expected, the latest figures represented a slowdown from the 3.4% GDP growth realised last quarter. Barclays said the most recent GDP numbers ...

Stephen Jones confirmed as financial services minister

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2022
Stephen Jones has today been sworn in as assistant treasurer and minister for financial services, replacing Jane Hume who had overseen the financial services portfolio since 2019. Jones has served as shadow financial services minister since 2019 and ...