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InvestSense marks 10th birthday

STAFF WRITER | FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024 2:52PM

One of Australia's first firms to specialise in managed accounts celebrated its 10th anniversary this month.

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Work-related training boosts pay and productivity: CEDA

ELIZA BAVIN | WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2024

New research from CEDA shows work-related training in Australia is declining, despite it bringing in higher incomes for workers and increased productivity for employers.

NAB profits, earnings slide

MATTHEW WAI | THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024

National Australia Bank (NAB) reported lower net profit and cash earnings in FY24, down 6.1% and 8.1% respectively, but recorded its highest dividend payouts of the past five years.

Nobel laureates link economic prosperity to colonialism

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2024

Three academics who were able to explain why some countries are richer than others have taken home the 2024 Nobel Prize for Economics.

Insignia Financial to trial four-day work week

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2024

Insignia Financial is set to pilot a four-day work week, a win for employees in recent Enterprise Agreement (EA) negotiations.

Vale Todd Guyot

MATTHEW WAI | WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024

Todd Guyot, the portfolio manager of Regal Funds Management, has passed away.

Former Mercer Super chair named Actuary of the Year

MATTHEW WAI | FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024

The Actuaries Institute has named Jan Swinhoe the Actuary of the Year for 2024.

Inquiry urges government to consider paid reproductive leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024

The Senate committee tasked with investigating issues related to menopause wants the government to research the efficacy of existing reproductive leave policies in Australia and overseas with consideration to introducing it in the National Employment ...

FSU steps up calls for reproductive leave policies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024

The Finance Sector Union (FSU) is urging the financial services industry to adopt paid menopause leave policies as it finds more than one third of workers experiencing symptoms are likely to retire early as a result.

China to raise retirement age from 2025

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024

For the first time since the 1970s, China will begin "gradually raising" the national retirement age from next year as it looks to stretch a dwindling pension budget further to sustain its ageing population.

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Funds SA appoints chief investment officer

ANDREW MCKEAN

Funds SA has appointed a new chief investment officer, who will join from Hostplus, to commence in February 2025.

Australian Retirement Trust appoints new chief risk officer

ANDREW MCKEAN

Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has appointed a new chief risk officer that's set to start in March 2025.

UniSuper has 'some work to get on with' on cyber front: Chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON

UniSuper's leadership team has touched on how the fund is strengthening its operations following the extensive system outage in May this year.

Super framework, SMSFs conducive to financial abuse: Inquiry

KARREN VERGARA

Lax superannuation laws make it too easy for perpetrators of domestic violence to access victims' retirement savings, while the current framework for self-managed super funds (SMSFs) enables financial abuse to flourish, a parliamentary inquiry found.

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