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Women-led super funds outperform

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... hospitality and the public sector. Based on percentages, GuildSuper has the highest share of women members at 85%; Australian Defence Force Super has the highest share of young women members (91%); while Challenger has the highest share of retired women ...

Chief economist update: The US inflation dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
... administration) just call former US Secretary Lawrence Summers (under Clinton's) a coward? I refer of course to Madame Yellen's defence of President Biden's ginormous US$1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package against Summers' concern over the risk of ...

CSC announces new partnership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021
... advocacy, and projects to address the specific needs of our customers, and especially our current and former Australian Defence Force personnel," Hill said. "For CSC this is an important partnership that will help improve the wellbeing of our staff ...

Super funds back COVID-19 preventative drug

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021
... Respiratory managing director Christophe Demaison. INNA-051 works by stimulating the innate immune system, the first line of defence against the invasion of pathogens. By boosting the immune response at the primary site of infection, the ability of the ...

Statewide appoints new chief technology officer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
... panel for electronic commerce during his time at Sunsuper. In 1996, he was a technology staff soldier in the Australian Defence Force. "David has a great technical mind and we are excited to use his experience to improve our members' online interactions ...

Sam Henderson sentenced

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... Henderson allegedly called her "aggressive" and "nit-picking". Commissioner Kenneth Hayne did not accept Henderson's defence that the advice he provided to that client was a "draft".

AMP, former employee settle

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
... parties were last in court as recently as September 25, when Cook's lawyers were seeking to strike parts of AMP's defence which claimed Cook was being performance managed. AMP and Cook have now settled by consent. AMP has paid an undisclosed ...

Frydenberg focusses on jobs, jobs, jobs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... driven primarily by increased expenditure related to COVID-19. The child care subsidy accounted for $8.9 billion, less than defence force superannuation benefits ($9.8 billion) and support for non-government schools ($12.8 billion).

RBA, ASIC provide CHESS guidance

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... regulators," ASIC said. "Seeking independent assurances is also consistent with an enterprise risk management three-lines-of-defence model." The new clearing and settlement system must meet the availability, resilience, recoverability, performance and ...

Chief economist update: Morrison manufactures Australia's future

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... A$1.5 billion initiative to boost the manufacturing sector, identifying six industries for priority investment: space, defence, food and beverage manufacturing, medical products, recycling and clean energy projects as well as resources technologies. ...