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Poor financial literacy failing young workers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
As more young workers turn to mum and dad, and social media for financial advice, a new survey finds that the educational system is failing to provide practical financial literacy skills for students as they navigate the workforce. The financial education ...

Victoria Devine launches investing platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021
... platform, powered by robo-adviser Six Park. With a minimum investment of $5000, fans of She's on the Money (which has a social media community of 160,000) will be able to invest in the platform for the same fees charged by Six Park in its other robo-advice ...

Pension fund appoints chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021
... lead the fund. "I am already working with the board and executives to build on the progress we've made on sustainability, social responsibility, diversity, equity and inclusion," she said. "I am so proud of our culture. Our staff's dedication to our ...

Long way for super complaints overhaul

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021
... it, efficient complaints handling became an obligation under the Corporations Act. ASIC will also consider complaints on social media, objections to death benefit recipients and insurance claims handling processes. All complaints must be responded to ...

The secret to looking good in the media: Panel

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... of a brand she worked with that was linked to a mining company and anti-mining activists started attacking the brand on social media in response. After assessing the situation, Brown concluded that the situation wasn't worth responding to as a response ...

Tempered positivity post-pandemic: Experts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... next time," Singh warned. IFM Investors director of policy and research Anna Engwerda-Smith said COVID-19 has shifted the social contract, changing the expectations people have of governments and the financial system in times of crisis. "There are reasons ...

Charter Hall grows portfolio by $800m

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... managing director and group chief executive David Harrison said. "We are also very pleased to secure another asset in the social infrastructure sector leased to such an essential service provider as the Australian Red Cross." Through this deal, Charter ...

Chief economist: The path to normality

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... when the coronavirus pandemic hit, prompting the government to impose draconian lockdown measures that virtually froze social and business activity. But back to the future and the recent stats. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported that China's ...

Boards should be "strap-on brains": Cosgrove

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... he could get into some more personal small talk rather than being purely work focused. "The proliferation of email and social media is a poor second best to being a human being in the company of each other," he said. Leaders through COVID-19, Cosgrove ...

Plenary expands property team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... infrastructure activities, and we'll be looking to pursue them in addition to our existing property-related activities, such as social housing, projects in the university sector, and the work that our Pariter business is doing in partnership with sporting ...