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ATO blamed for SG non-payment

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
... government amend the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act to pay SG at least monthly and in alignment with employees' regular pay cycle, and remove the $450 monthly threshold on SG eligibility. It also recommends harsher penalties for deliberate ...

SG non-payment is an 'easy fix': ISA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
... guarantee payments to align with wage cycles. The government should also extend single touch payroll coverage to all employees or tighten enforcement and penalty regimes, he said. "Both the senate committee and an inter-agency group established by the ...

Global bank tests customer service 'bot'

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
... Messenger, rather than its public Facebook news feed, Wells Fargo said in statement. Several hundreds of Wells Fargo employees are currently taking part in the pilot and later in the year the company will invite a few thousand customers to participate ...

Think carefully before internalising investment: PwC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
... issue of culture, the paper notes how investment managers and superannuation funds tend to attract different types of employees with differing remuneration demands. "Investment managers attract highly motivated and commercial staff, and the success or ...

Investment group takes majority stake in global advice firm

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
... Centerbridge Partners, Summit Partners and Polaris Partners. These firms, along with "certain wealth management affiliates and employees," have now sold their combined stake to a consortium led by Stone Point Capital and global investment manager KKR. ...

Desperately seeking workers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
... districts. The tightness in the labour market -- most businesses reported difficulty finding not only highly skilled employees but low skilled ones as well and having problems retaining workers - could be a factor in preventing stronger expansion in ...

First Super halts private equity investments

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... pose a high risk of a permanent adverse movement in labour costs, potentially impacting on returns. Furthermore, where employees are denied a living wage, there is a risk of workplace injuries due to fatigue through excessive hours or high turnover. ...

Employers urged to fund workers' financial advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
Employers should do more to help employees ease financial worries by providing work-funded financial advice, a new study from MetLife shows. About 68% of employers said helping staff make better financial decisions is important - but only one third ...

ASIC wins first court action for FoFA breaches

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... findings highlight the obligations authorised representatives have to put clients' interest ahead of their own, the firm's employees, and its licensee. "Authorised representatives must use their expertise to ensure the advice (including financial products) ...

BNY Mellon subsidiary wins CBA super mandate

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
... positioned cautiously to reduce volatility and preserve capital." Commonwealth Bank Group Super is the corporate fund for CBA employees, former employees and their spouses. In 2016, the fund celebrated its 100th anniversary. It began in 1916 with 600 ...