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More women in workforce with greater paternity leave: ASI

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
... paternity leave by just one week would increase women's participation by 3% on average. And while the benefits peaked at seven weeks, they can be felt for months, the research shows. The research suggests that policies that are specific to women, such ...

Former Clime investment chief nabs new role

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
... Management, where he was head of investments for two years before taking over as chief investment officer in mid-2018. After seven months in the role, he departed Clime in 2019. ASX announcements from Clime indicate Golowenko resigned. But he sued Clime ...

Best global equities funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2021
BetaShares and Fidelity's funds topped Rainmaker rankings for risk-adjusted returns for global equities funds for the three years ending December 2020. The report, RMetrics, measures over 1100 products. The international equities rankings included ...

Aged care RC unveils 148 recommendations

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
... lengthy. In 2018-19, the waiting times from being assessed as eligible for a Home Care Package to qualifying ranged from seven months (Level 1 package) to 34 months (Level 4 package). More than 102,000 older people were waiting for a package at their ...

ASIC drags CommSec to court

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... and duration of the breaches ASIC is seeking a civil penalty. CommSec has appeared before the Markets Disciplinary Panel seven times since 2012, receiving fines total more than $1 million. Both CommSec and AUSIEX are fully owned by the Commonwealth Bank ...

Aware Super rejigs MySuper option

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2021
... VicSuper MySuper into the newly-rejigged lifecycle option in 2022. Lifecyle MySuper products first hit the shelves about seven years ago. They aimed to solve Australians' low engagement with their superannuation savings by automatically de-risking ...

CFOs gain clout in ESG metrics

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
Many companies are housing the ultimate responsibility for ESG with their chief financial officers, says a new report from Accenture. Accenture interviewed about 1517 finance leaders including chief financial officers from around the globe for the seventh ...

Mergers prompt 13% fee drop

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
... fund's fees were lowered and members saw an average fee drop of 21%. For the fund with lower fees going into the merger, seven of the 11 saw an average reduction of 5%. Rainmaker executive director of research Alex Dunnin said fees do not go down ...

Australia sweeps pension market rankings

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
... misalignments like executive pay, and other poor leadership and boardroom practices". In aggregate, Australia is one of the seven nations that accounted for 92% of pension assets out of 22 countries analysed. The US holds the largest amount of pension ...

Financial sector has deep pockets for philanthropy: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
... gave $145 million in total. The big four banks made a combined $19 million donation for bushfire appeals. News Corp and Seven Group donated $5 million each. The report calculated how much donations represented as a percentage of the company's pre-tax ...