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Coalition against commissions

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2009
A coalition of industry bodies, including CHOICE, Industry Super Network and the Australian Council of Trade Unions, has launched a national advertising campaign targeting regulatory reform that abolishes commission-based remuneration for planners. ...

Unions attack retirement age change

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
Just as leading Unions have stepped up their battle against lifting the retirement age, the government has been forced to dismiss their claims for special rules for manual workers labelling them unfair. The Australian newspaper today reported that the ...

AIRC sets more default super funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
... According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, only 14 per cent of Australian private sector workers are members of a trade union. However, the AIRC decision is significant because Award provisions set benchmarks for wages and conditions across the ...

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
AvSuper has sought to clarify the fund is not a government super fund after receiving phone calls from members regarding the government's move to merge three government super funds to form a single trustee board. This follows a government announcement ...

Clitheroe and Kelty honoured

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
... were recognised in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours List for their contributions to the finance industry. Former trade union leader Bill Kelty was awarded the Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) for his work in the establishment of Australia's ...

We just don't organise anymore

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2008
... 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 cent of ...

Germany lifts retirement age

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
Legislators in the German Bundestag have voted to increase their country's retirement age from 65 to 67 years, overriding huge howls of protest from unions. Despite the strong protests, the vote was passed by a huge majority of 408 to only 169. Driving ...

Another international DB fund bites the dust

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2006
... million. The proposals were developed following a review that included consultation with the scheme's trustees, the trade union and other employee representative groups. Lynne Peacock, NAB's UK chief executive, said in a statement that, "We considered ...

AES member funds safe

The Australian Enterprise Superannuation (AES) Fund says member money is safe and secure following this week's disqualification by APRA of some of its trustee directors. The regulator disqualified former AES directors Ian Baldock, Kerry Woolacott and ...