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KPMG recommends gender-focused super reforms

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... immense boost for recipients of the Carer Payment - over 70% of them women - who provide constant care to people with disability, severe illness, or frail aged. For individuals who begin providing care at 35 years of age and continue for the subsequent ...

Executive appointment roundup: State Street, ANZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
This week, several institutions have added key new hires in their sustainability teams. Disability advocate heads up sustainability at State Street Neurodiversity and disability inclusion advocate Jessica Donohue was appointed State Street's head ...

Disability advocate heads up sustainability at State Street

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
Neurodiversity and disability inclusion advocate Jessica Donohue was appointed State Street's head of global investment insights, sustainability and impact following the retirement of Richard Lacaille. Having held several teaching positions at Brandeis ...

Australian wellbeing hits record low

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... that the services I and those close to me need, are accessible and affordable - be they education, childcare, health, disability, and aged care," Kerr said. "While government will continue to have a vital role in financing and delivering such services ...

Embedding mental health wellbeing into company culture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... the Australian economy an estimated $70 billion per year, with a further $150 billion per year of associated costs of disability and premature death due to mental illness and that each dollar invested in Australian workplace mental health, a return between ...

Super Housing Partnerships taps property leader as new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... assets. It focuses on Australian build-to-rent housing with a mix of affordable, social, market rate and specialist disability accommodation. SHP's approach aims to provide improved social outcomes while cross-subsidisation strengthens investment outcomes. ...

More women on boards, but cultural diversity stagnating: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... serve people with disabilities to have people with disabilities on the board. "It's interesting to note that in the Disability Royal Commission findings, there was a really clear call for boards of companies that serve people with disabilities to ...

Conscious Investment Management adopts Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... institutional investors, and has invested capital in a range of sectors - from social and affordable housing and Specialist Disability Accommodation, to renewables, and social impact bonds. CIM has expanded its investment team recently, appointing Queenie ...

Australian Unity hires ESG property specialist

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... billion in assets under management and a significant development pipeline that includes hospitals, aged care, specialist disability accommodation, student accommodation, office, retail, as well as large scale mixed-use precincts such as Herston Quarter ...

Conscious Investment Management expands investment team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... director. Tran will lead Conscious Investment Management's property investments and asset management in specialist disability accommodation (SDA) and social and affordable housing as well as seeking to maximise its impact through active involvement in ...