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MetLife partnership extend group insurance to SMEs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... insurance. Research published by the Financial Services Council (FSC) and MetLife last March showed 35% of Australian workers had no disability insurance and 19% of families did not have any life insurance. Further, almost 50% of working Australians ...

Cbus employees accused of perjury

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... interest." "If Cbus is to recruit from the ranks of the CFMEU, much more will need to be done by it to ensure that these workers receive a strong and continuous injection of an independent Cbus culture through training, performance reviews, and substantive ...

Caterpillar economy turns into a butterfly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... Grows as Risk of Recession Eases Spanish Unemployment Lowest Since 2011 as Economy Grows China Factory Gauge Rises as Workers Weather Slowdown You got it! The global economy has done a 180 degree turn in just a single week! I wonder, wonder what next ...

ISA proposes new restrictions on retail super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... abolished. Whiteley said: "[The modern awards] system accommodates a 'market failure' in our super system. Eight in ten workers do not choose their own fund. As with all market failure, government intervention is required (the market cannot fix its own ...

Govt moves to repeal super payslip disclosure rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... fund," he said. "Collectively, this difference is estimated at $ 1.3 billion of unpaid super - that's $1.3 billion of workers' super entitlements that may have been reported on payslips but were not actually paid into super accounts. We think the government ...

US private sector super coverage just 50pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
Retirement savings plan coverage for US private sector workers is still stuck on about 50%, reveals updated analysis from the Investment Company Institute (ICI). In the study 'Who Gets Retirement Plans and Why, 2013' the ICI found that most workers ...

Australians miss out on billions in unpaid super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
Around 650,000 Australian workers are missing out on almost $2.5 billion annually because their employer does not make mandatory superannuation contribution, according to a new study by Tria Partners. The research, which was commissioned by Cbus, REST ...

FSC-ISA battle recommences over MySuper data

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... billion of savings in bank-owned and other retail funds has been transferred to MySuper funds, with $77 billion dollars of workers default super savings remaining in higher cost super funds so that banks can maximise revenues at the expense of Australians ...

Aussie bitcoin platform launches in UAE

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2014
... currency exchange. Igot founder Rick Day said: "The UAE is a natural next step in igot's expansion. Millions of foreign workers are making daily remittance payments back home to family but are incurring a significant cost - at around 10% per transaction. ...

Cbus launches self-managed option

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
... qualify for the option providing details about the option. Cbus has traditionally been the industry fund for blue collar workers in the construction industry. However, it is increasingly targeting employees from the white collar end of the industry ...