Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 91 - 100 of 120 results for "Death Benefits"

SCT chief Furlan talks tough on benefits

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
... especially for a member in a retirement or transition-to-retirement phase. "I do think there is a spot for paying death benefits to estates and that is if you're offering retirement products to transition to retirement products. "And the reason I say ...

Cosgrove and McCullagh nominated to CSC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
... schemes. This will include the Military Superannuation and Benefits Scheme and the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits scheme from 1 July 2010.

ComSuper faces executive and admin reforms

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
... Investment Alliance (ARIA), the Military Superannuation and Benefits Scheme (MSBS) and the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Scheme (DFRDB) to form a single trustee board on July 2010. ComSuper's current commissioner for superannuation is Leo ...

More benefits for Military Super

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
... with interest." Combet said that death and invalidity benefits for members of the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Scheme are not affected because benefits in this scheme are based on a percentage of salary and not linked to age.

LGsuper expands options

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
... fund's board of directors to prioritise a member's spouse, financial dependent children or estate when paying out death benefits. But things have now changed following amendments to the trust deed - effective 1 April - that allowed the board to consider ...

NAB Super introduces binding death benefits

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
Members of the $3.1 billion corporate fund NAB Group Superannuation Fund can now apply for binding death benefit nominations. The fund, which said in March that it was considering introducing the benefit, are now allowing members to provide the fund ...

AvSuper revamps death insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
The $1 billion aviation industry super fund AvSuper has introduced anti-detriment provisions to members' death benefits. Launched at the start of this year, AvSuper announced anti-detriment provisions will now apply to the death benefits paid to a spouse ...

Same super rules for same sex couples

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... address what has long been viewed as discrimination against same-sex de facto couples when it came to superannuation death benefits. Under existing Commonwealth superannuation and pension laws, it's not specified whether the same-sex spouse and dependent ...

AvSuper unlikely to follow govt fund mergers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
... Investment Alliance (ARIA), the Military Superannuation and Benefits Scheme and the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Scheme would merge under a single trustee board in 2010. Lindsay Tanner, minister for finance and deregulation, said the outcome ...

Zurich urges superannuation reform

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2008
... government to review superannuation legislation after a report found non-dependants could potentially miss out on death benefits. The firm's Death and taxes are certain - super still confounds whitepaper found complex superannuation legislation is causing ...