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Local super industry leading the world on mental health during Covid-19

It is a difficult time, but also a time of excitement for mental health advocates, who say Covid-19 is catalysing deep change among business leaders, policymakers and the broader community in how to address mental health.

Ben HurleyAugust 17, 2020

Governance

Fear of a COVID-related suicide pandemic: Mental health advocates

A group of psychologists, social workers, industry leaders and mental health experts have come together to address the mental health crisis that lays beneath the pandemic - this is the first in a series of articles designed to start a broader conversation about this important topic.

Ben HurleyAugust 11, 2020

Governance

Resilience is learned, not inherent: Olympian Alisa Camplin

Australian Winter Olympic gold medallist Alisa Camplin has drawn on all her techniques for managing stress in her sports career using performance psychology to manage her mental health in light of the impacts from COVID.

Ben HurleyAugust 11, 2020

Rice Warner's Jenni Baxter (Pic: Supplied)

Governance

Trustees keep a watching brief on rising insurance premiums

Already worsening claims experience, new regulations and Covid-19 impacts are combining to push group insurance premiums higher, but super trustees will watch and wait before taking action.

Meredith BoothAugust 6, 2020

Governance

CalPERS chair Henry Jones on mapping racism

The CalPERS chair features in a series of in depth interviews which consider drastic measures investors and society need to take to reset a system that is has led us into a crisis and is still fundamentally broken.

Amanda WhiteAugust 5, 2020

Governance

Life during early release: Funds need to maximise relevance

An outcome of early release is the trusted position superannuation funds find themselves in at a time when people are potentially the most vulnerable. Now is the time to use this trust to build engagement and confidence, Jason Andriessen writes.

Jason AndriessenAugust 3, 2020

Governance

Damian Graham unpacks First State Super’s climate aspirations

Impact analysis for real assets and the building out of a new benchmarking framework for carbon emissions are two internal projects that will bring a deeper ESG focus to the soon-to-be rebranded fund's investment team.

Matthew SmithJuly 29, 2020

Outgoing Mine Super CIO David Bell (Pic: supplied)

Governance

Standardisation to address performance gaming

A proposal, released on Thursday for industry consultation, suggests a scoring system to help map unlisted assets to appropriate growth/defensive scores as part of its plan to create asset category standardisation.

Matthew SmithJuly 22, 2020

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