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Mercer Super recruits whistleblower as risk chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... During his time with the lender, he blew the whistle on a major foreign exchange trading scandal that saw four of his co-workers on the dealing desk go to prison. Motivated by this experience, he wrote a book on how organisations can avoid ethical failures. ...

Labor wins: What super, advice industries want

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
... it would also push for the parliament to lift the Low-Income Super Tax Offset to strengthen retirement for low-income workers, mostly women, to get a fairer tax deal on super. The super lobby group called on the Albanese government to draft of legal ...

Coalition's super on PPL plan 'deeply worrying'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
... Prac Payments - stripping away cost-of-living support for those studying to become teachers, nurses, midwives and social workers over the next four years. The Coalition also plans to restore the activity test on childcare to save $420 million over the ...

Super moves: Cbus, ART

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
... investment officer and director of equities has jumped to Cbus Super, the industry fund for building and construction workers. After seven years with the $46 billion investment corporation owned by the government of South Australia, Matt Kempton has ...

Work from home saves employees $5308

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2025
... 15.7% less than if they worked in an office. "This confirms what many Australians have experienced since the pandemic - workers are saving time and money on their commute, and in many cases are also able to work more hours or even get a job, where they ...

Super moves: Aware Super, Future Fund, Cbus

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
Michael Newbold has quit his role as head of aviation commercial at Sydney Airport and returned to the investment community focusing once again on transport and infrastructure. After seven years at Australia's biggest and most profitable airport ...

Div 296 must proceed to strengthen 'fairness' in superannuation: ASFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
... incentives in superannuation." Other recommendations include immediate attention to payday super, providing super for all workers under 18, strengthening enforcement of superannuation guarantee compliance. The peak body also advised the government to ...

New government must prioritise payday super: SMC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2025
... will dramatically reduce the level of unpaid super, improve compliance with the law and make the super system fairer for workers and businesses alike. "Over the coming year, concerted effort will be needed from the ATO, employers, payroll personnel ...

GESB expands leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
... superannuation guarantee payments from non-WA public sector employers, benefitting the 250,000 current and former public sector workers who have superannuation accounts with GESB; as well as ensuring the continued delivery of competitive member outcomes ...

Michael Dwyer joins impact fund board

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
... record. Dwyer has served as an advisor to HOPE since the start of the fund that co-invests in home loans of essential workers like teachers, nurses and police. The shared equity scheme co-invests up to 50 per cent of a mortgage so they can live close ...