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Still work to be done on group insurance: ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... them of as part of our review. Trustees not included in this review should also make efforts to apply the examples and action points in this report to deliver better outcomes for their members," ASIC said. ASIC said funds should harness data to monitor ...

Menopause: The silent economic crisis

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... additional 12 paid leave days a year to manage pain and symptoms related to their reproductive system. Unfortunately, such action requires an amendment to the Fair Work Act, something that takes time and requires near-bulletproof data and expert research ...

Could a four-day workweek save the day?

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... Australia any time soon. "It will take some time, as historically, these things have been achieved by a combination of union action and governments," he says. While unions and individual employers are making moves now, there then needs to be pressure ...

Giving hope: Recent regulatory wins

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... pay inequality and inaction on equality measures. The additional transparency will encourage employers to take meaningful action and allow employees to see where they're being short-changed, it added. As part of its first Federal Budget, the government ...

Super funds are lousy at communications: Strategist

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... Traditionalists (29.9%). Firstly, he said, Inner City Progressives are politically engaged, pro-change, they like climate action, they're anti-asylum seeker treatment, they're left-wing but upwardly mobile, they don't press for redistribution ...

Former director charged with fraud

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2023
... individuals were clients of his former companies, both of which have now been deregistered. Last year the regulator took civil action against McCabe which prevented him from leaving the country while the investigation was underway. The former director ...

E&P Investments hunts new RE

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023
... Financial Group noted that preparations are underway for court-ordered mediation between E&P and Shine Lawyers in the class action brought against it and former executives Alan Dixon and Chris Brown. The mediation was to occur no later than March 24 ...

Fink warns of "slow rolling crisis"

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023
In his annual letter to investors, BlackRock chair Larry Fink has said it's unclear what impact the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and others this past week will truly have, saying they are just one element of the "price we're paying for decades ...

HSBC bails out Silicon Valley Bank UK

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2023
HSBC has leapt to the rescue and purchased the embattled Silicon Valley Bank's (SVB) UK arm for a total sum of £1. The banking giant yesterday announced its UK ring-fenced subsidiary, HSBC UK Bank, would make the purchase, which excluded the assets ...

US agencies act to prevent crisis

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2023
As a second institution is closed by regulators, emergency measures to shore up the US financial system and prevent a banking crisis are being implemented. It comes as local tech companies confirm minimal exposures to the Silicon Valley Bank failure. ...