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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 ...

Abbott's SG claim incorrect, survey finds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
... contradicts Tony Abbott's claim last week that the SG rise, which his government put on hold until 2021, would come "out of workers' pockets". The survey, conducted by Galaxy, also found that 59% of businesses of all sizes support an SG rise. For businesses ...

SG freeze to hit young and low income earners hardest

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
... contract between Australians and their government was at "risk of fraying." "The Government's decision to leave Australian workers worse off at retirement and make our superannuation system a plaything of successive Treasurers will erode confidence in ...

Former REST exec joins Media Super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
... "Erick has been appointed to help us realise our ambition to be the primary fund servicing the needs of employers and workers within our core industries," he said, adding that the fund was "delighted with Mr Cordero's appointment." "Erick's had a very ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... flipside of spending - saving. After running down their savings in March - minus 7.6% -- ahead of the tax rise, Japanese workers' savings are building them up again, soaring by 40.2% in June. That's the highest rate since the 45.5% rate in December last ...

AustralianSuper names new deputy chair

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... vacant board position left by Howes, meanwhile, has been filled by Howes' successor as national secretary of the Australian Workers' Union, Scott McDine. Oliver has been a member of the AustralianSuper board since 2007. Oliver is secretary of the Australian ...

Mercer reveals confronting life expectancy research

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
New mortality rate research showing white collar workers can expect to live well beyond the average life expectancy highlights the challenge of achieving a comfortable retirement. Mercer's analysis into the mortality rates of public sector pensioners ...

Integrate next-gen insurance policies into NDIS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... represent ourselves well publicly," she added. An example is could life insurance operate on an incentivised model like workers compensation insurance? Another is recognising that many clients don't appreciate the distinction between life and health ...

Senate saves the LISC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... superannuation for Australians on less than $37,000, up to $500 a year is injected into the super accounts of a third of Australian workers - including half of all working women. "Abolishing the LISC would have a huge impact on the super accounts of ...

Confidence key to financial future: Murray

COLIN BRINSDEN, AAP ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... retirement phase of superannuation is also underdeveloped. While compulsory super payments are guided to default accounts for workers that are less engaged in the system, on retirement people have to make critical decisions regarding when and how to ...