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Statewide appoints chair

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
... Superannuation Trust for almost two years. He holds several other board positions including chair of the Council for International Trade and Commerce South Australia and has extensive experience in senior management roles across venture capital, merchant ...

UK coalition pushes responsible investment cause

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... create a "sustainable" financial system. The statement, which is signed by Treasury Select Committee chair John McFall, Trade Union Congress (TUC) general secretary Brendan Barber and Hermes Stewardship Services founder David Pitt-Watson, urges pension ...

AvSuper unlikely to follow govt fund mergers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
... and retail super funds. However, its parent organisations include the non-profit association Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) and government-owned group Air Services Australia. AvSuper has more than 5,000 members and more than $1 billion in ...

We just don't organise anymore

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2008
... explosive growth of industry super funds, union membership just keeps getting worse. The ABS has just released figures showing trade union membership is down to only 13.7 per cent of employees in the private sector. Across the whole workforce 18.9 per ...

Germany lifts retirement age

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
... cent, while falling fertility rates just reinforce the fiscal concerns. It is being widely reported that Germany's trade unions are extremely concerned with the retirement age lift and have initiated public street protests. Other elements of the Bill ...

Daily Economic Update

... into law the reduced work hours and created the Department of Work Police to catch and punish over-performers. The Chinese trade surplus grew to US$11.2 billion in March -- the second highest on record and double market expectations. Exports rose by ...

Online broking competition to heat up

WWW.THESHEET.COM.AU  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2006
... of the client relationship. Etrade also handles trades for customers of ANZ Bank, Bendigo Bank and a dozen or so credit unions, and plans to stay ahead through innovation in the products offered.

AES member funds safe

... which provided retailers, cafA(C) owners, restaurateurs and caterers with an alternative to industry funds backed by Trade Unions in the late 80s. While Parker declined to provide explanation on what APRA was referring to regarding the conflicts of interest ...

ACTU renews call for 15 per cent SGC

The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) secretary Greg Combat has called for an increase in the superannuation guarantee contribution from its current 9 per cent to 15 per cent. Citing expected increases in the number of aged Australians in the ...

FPA concerned over misleading advertising about Choice

... superannuation fund members." The professional body has also moved to allay the fears expressed by the Australian Council of Trade Unions that choice of fund could lead to mis-selling and churning. Kelly says, "Stringent regulatory requirements on financial ...