Today
10 investment tips to ride out the ‘new normal’
Given elevated interest rates and inflation are forecast to flow through financial year 2025, investors are eyeing stocks, property and gold to get ahead.
- Tom Richardson
The future of financial advice is digital – and human
AI-powered apps are touted as a big part of the solution to providing affordable financial advice en masse, but winning people’s trust is a key challenge.
- Joanna Mather
Super funds spend big ahead of advice reforms
As the legislation enabling them to give more financial advice languishes in Canberra, funds are moving ahead with plans to implement it anyway.
- Hannah Wootton
This Month
I’m a Zillennial. Is financial advice worth it for me?
At $4700, many young Australians would think twice about taking on a financial adviser. But are there instances when it’s worth it?
- Lucy Dean
How this Millennial plans to retire at 35
Saving hard and opting out of the consumer lifestyle has helped these people retire decades before their parents did.
- Bianca Hartge-Hazelman
‘I thought I had dementia’: How menopause crimps income and super
Menopause costs women as much as $60,000 in retirement savings, according to ASFA.
- Sian Powell
Why I’ve got more in my super than when I retired 11 years ago
Choosing the right financial adviser can help set strategies, achieve goals and protect wealth. Here’s how to find the right one – and how much you should pay.
- Duncan Hughes
Australian ETF winners had returns as high as 153pc
US megacap tech stocks and cryptocurrencies proved profitable investments in the last year, according to the latest top-performing ETF data – alongside some other surprise standouts.
- Joshua Peach
Autonomy the key to career paths at this consumer giant
A shift in career planning and transparency in job ads have been central to keeping Unilever’s employees engaged.
- Prashant Mehra
Why AGL’s staff are happier after a major plant closure
AGL will use the Liddell decommissioning as a blueprint for plant shutdowns, after it managed to move 100 per cent of workers into new roles.
- Agnes King
Why these companies are Australia’s best places to work
An intensive and “confronting” two-year leadership program underpinned the decision to award online recruitment firm Seek the 2024 AFR BOSS Best Place to Work – Large Organisation.
- Sally Patten
- Opinion
- Best places to work
Employees want more autonomy, so it’s in bosses’ interest to listen
Convinced that happier workers are also more productive, Australia’s most progressive employers are giving staff greater freedom and choice.
- Euan Black
- Opinion
- Best places to work
No amount of leave offerings will compensate for poor leadership
Companies can have all the flexible and hybrid work arrangements and offer all the leave entitlements under the sun, but if their leaders are poor at leading, they will count for naught.
- Sally Patten
Employee wellbeing is a winner in the war for tech talent
In a competitive market where talent is the “most-prized commodity”, a tech workplace’s offering to their employees is crucial.
- Christopher Niesche
‘Support and empower’: How coaching can bring out the best in staff
Mindset Health provides its workers with coaching sessions that discuss ways to handle difficult situations or conflict and how to deal effectively with stress and over-work.
- Sian Powell
How this organisation prevented burnout for staff
A surge in complaints to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority led to a rethink of hiring and leave policies, adding 500 new staff to cope with the workload.
- Nina Hendy
This company pays you for your commute with extra days off
This fintech has taken a different approach to getting people back into the office and the results are paying dividends for diversity, too.
- Ayesha de Kretser
How teamwork broke the language barrier
A multiethnic workforce presents a unique challenge when it comes to training.
- Prashant Mehra
Family-focussed firm offers fertility benefits
Staff at Engage Squared can receive up to $5000 towards fertility treatments.
- Christopher Niesche
Solving the worker shortage with overseas recruits
NDIS provider Concept Care says a shortage of skilled disability care workers has driven the company to sponsor workers to come to Australia, helped with visas, loans and bank accounts.
- Sian Powell
