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ASIC's powers heightened under FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... to take civil penalty actions, whereas until now the regulator could only undertake actions to ban financial services workers or cancel their businesses' licences. "FoFA gives us another range of regulatory options; our previous actions were quite limited," ...

Workers should track down super when changing jobs

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
Workers who have changed jobs during the last financial year should keep track of their superannuation savings or they could end up with two funds. HLB Mann Judd Sydney wealth management partner Jonathan Philpot reminded that "unless action has been ...

LGS takes stand on Bangladesh, gains MySuper licence

ALEX DUNNIN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... garment factories over the past six months which have collectively resulted in the deaths of over 1,500 Bangladeshi garment workers. Peter Lambert, chief executive of Local Government Super, said, "We support the action being taken by brands and retailers ...

Labor and Libs joust over small business super contributions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... read: "The Coalition will give small business the option to remit compulsory superannuation payments made on behalf of workers directly to the Australian Taxation Office [ATO]." Small businesses responded favourably with the Real Estate Institute of ...

Self-education cap to harm senior workers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... devalues that advice and plays right into the kind of attitudes that result in entrenched discrimination against mature aged workers," National Seniors chief executive Michael O'Neill said. "This is short sighted and ignores the wealth of knowledge and ...

Improving picture paints a taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... total jobs tally. The unemployment rate steadied at 7.6% due largely to an increase in the participation rate (yup, more workers are encouraged to look for jobs). Wall Street has come back around to what Virginia and I have been saying all along all ...

Allianz appoints COO

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
Allianz Australia has appointed a new chief operating officer and a new chief general manager of Workers Compensation, both effective in September. Current Allianz chief general manager of Workers Compensation David Krawitz will take over the role of ...

TASA may also affect industry super funds

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
... under TASA. If this happened, the obligation for financial advisers to become registered tax agents could also affect workers who are not financial advisers, such as call centre staff or business development officers. The AIST and the ISN are asking ...

AIA extends IP insurance to target baby boomers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
Life insurance company AIA Australia has extended its Income Protection benefit to include workers up to the age of 70, as baby boomers work beyond the traditional retirement age. AIA will also include true level premiums to age 70 for life cover, TPD ...

FIRST Super questions fairness of Coalition's super board quota policy

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
... Standard. Currently, five of the 11 FIRST Super board members are nominated by the CFMEU, the union representing construction workers. Another five are employer or industry appointed. Only one is independent. Under the Coalition's plans, this would have ...