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ISA slams super opt out proposal

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
Lower paid workers, mostly women and young people, would be left tens of thousands of dollars worse off in retirement if they were to opt out of Australia's superannuation system, Industry Super Australia (ISA) has said. According to News Corp reports ...

Aussie jobs trend is our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
... an 800 cut) versus expectations for a 12,500 reduction. It was a surprise of the negative kind for January with 7,900 workers losing their jobs - full time down by 40,600; part-time positions up by 32,700 - when Australian businesses were expected to ...

PC to lead another inquiry into super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
... support the current merit based system designed by the Productivity Commission in 2012, which provides a safety net for workers that do not choose their own fund." "Super funds must be judged on the long term net returns delivered to members," he added. ...

US growth stable due to resilient consumer-base

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
... the borders in China, India, Brazil, Russia and Indonesia, we have hundreds of millions of very low wage underemployed workers coming to the global workforce," he continued. "That was an enormous shock to the labour supply around the world and of course ...

Rice Warner puts its case for budget changes

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... earnings of accumulation and pension accounts would provide revenue neutrality. It recommends a rate of 12% which would help workers to grow their benefits faster from a lower tax rate than the current 15%. It adds pensioners would pay tax on earnings ...

Australian expats pension protected

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
... agreement will improve economic links between Australia and India. "As a result of this agreement, temporarily seconded workers, and their employers, will only have to make compulsory contributions into their home country's superannuation or pension ...

Choice of super fund won't always work: REST

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016
Offering a choice of superannuation fund to more Australian workers doesn't mean they will exercise the opportunity, nor make any better long-term investment decision. This was one of several views presented by REST Industry Super in its submission ...

Industry funds may set up master trust

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... important to both NGS and QIEC Super that a viable and significant fund which understands the particular needs of education workers continues to exist in the non-government education space." NGS Super manages about $7 billion and has 100,000 members ...

Chill

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
... forecasting or making decisions about what to do in the future." The trend estimate shows employment rising to 11,815,400 workers in October from 11,796,600 in September; the number of unemployed dropping to 764,700 from 768,000 and "Monthly hours worked ...

Super non-compliance to cost $44 billion

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
Employer non-compliance with superannuation entitlements could cost workers $44 billion in retirement savings over the next decade. This is the conclusion of Cbus research, which chief executive David Atkin argued highlighted "the need for Government ...