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Fostering the ageing workforce

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021
... cycle, individualise their responses to different circumstances and set up processes that better integrate workers of all ages. "Helping prepare employers for an ageing workforce is one aspect of this effort, and in our 3i framework we identify strategies ...

Chief economist update: The devil's in the headline US payrolls number details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021
... (US$600 per child) announced in December 2020; there's the US$1400 per person (plus US$1400 per each dependent of all ages) signed off in March 2021. But herein lies the rub. With the increased rate of vaccination in the country and the easing of ...

State Super rejigs defensives

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
... DC options. State Super chief executive John Livanas told Financial Standard the fund made the changes, as its member base ages and cash makes little contribution to the returns. It also did not want to add duration risk or compromise on liquidity, he ...

PPS Mutual launches member offer

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... its medical and financial underwriting requirements to speed up the application process and benefit members. Members of all ages are no longer required to test for Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV when applying for life insurance of up to $20 million ...

Chief economist update: Bad news is good news is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021
... (US$600 per child) announced in December 2020; there's the US$1400 per person (plus US$1,400 per each dependent of all ages) signed off in March 2021. In addition, the Wall Street Journal "observes average unemployment recipient receiving federal ...

Mercer launches aged care support service

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2021
... proving more difficult than it should be. "Australia needs to be innovative in how it supports people as our society rapidly ages," Burkitt said. The recent Royal Commission in the aged care system handed down a whopping 148 recommendations after uncovering ...

Super fund liquidity could be better: RBA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... preemptively rebalance towards cash. Funds should consider updating their LMPs in line with this, the bank said. "As the population ages and the superannuation system matures, it is reasonable to expect the scale of member switching activity to increase ...

COVID-19 spurs robo-advice demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
... how their assets for retirement were allocated, which included 59% of women and 51% of non-retired investors between the ages of 60-67. "Not knowing how your assets are allocated, or holding one-quarter or more of your retirement savings in cash, indicate ...

ERS disproportionately impacted women

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... found that for those who made withdrawals under the ERS program the gender gap in super balance increased. Women between the ages of 30 and 39 had balances an average of 15.6% lower than men's balances before the ERS and 22.3% lower after the ERS. For ...

MTAA Super increases premiums amid merger

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
... increase from $471.12 to $526.12. The fund has already hiked death TPD premiums in February 2020, when members between the ages of 27 and 55 saw the cost per week of their cover increase from $7.47 to $9.06. A spokesperson for MTAA told Financial Standard ...