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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.

Vote for Financial Standard in Australian Financial Industry Awards

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024
Financial Standard is a finalist in the Australian Financial Industry Awards 2024, and we'd love to have your support.

Financial Standard wins Impact Award

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
Financial Standard has been named Financial Services Publication of the Year at the inaugural Impact Awards.

Global X's best three ideas for portfolio construction

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
Global X head of institutional clients Chad Hitzeman shared the exchange-traded fund (ETF) provider's best three ideas for constructing portfolios in alternative ways at a conference hosted by Activam Group.

FSU campaigns against workplace surveillance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2024
The Finance Sector Union (FSU) is backing calls for a Privacy in Working Life Act to prohibit unnecessary surveillance of employees by companies and to ensure any surveillance is regulated.

Financial Standard nominated for Publication of the Year

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024
Financial Standard is proud to be a finalist in the inaugural Impact Awards, nominated for Financial Services Publication of the Year.

Vale Greg Bright

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
The financial services industry and the journalists that cover it are mourning the loss of Greg Bright, a titan of the financial trade press.

Retirees not confident in Age Pension: Allianz Retire+

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2024
Some 82% of retirees and pre-retirees believe the Age Pension is insufficient, new study shows.

Future Group joins campaign to ban gambling ads

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2024
Ethical investment groups Ethinvest and Future Group are backing an investor campaign to stop media giants Seven West and Nine Entertainment from running gambling ads.