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PC hands down final default super report

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
... supplemented with improvements to the selection process and competition between funds. Its core recommendation is that a Fair Work Australia (FWA) panel be put in place to decide the appointment of default funds, albeit it's a step that could add a layer ...

Shorten reins in employer involvement in default super

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... supporting the selection of default funds for inclusion in modern awards to be undertaken by the expert panel within Fair Work Australia (FWA) and rejects the right to unilateral employer choice of fund outside an award. The submission affirms this option ...

Legal challenges face default super inquiry

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... requirements for a MySuper product in order to be considered as a default fund in modern awards. Under option three, Fair Work Australia would apply the criteria, where option four would see this done by an expert panel, whose recommendations would then ...

No role for FWA in choosing default funds: CSSA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
... option 4 of the Productivity Commission's default super fund inquiry, namely that an independent expert panel and not Fair Work Australia should make default fund listing decisions. Gareth Hall, CSSA treasurer, said that if option 1 of the Productivity ...

Default fund listings unnecessary: FSC

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
... MySuper product would be eligible for selection under a Modern Award which, the FSC said, would remove the need for a Fair Work Australia selection process. "This approach, although not the preferred option for the Commission in its draft report, would ...

Wins and losses in PC default super report

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... the review into the award modernisation process that underpinned the removal of WorkChoices that was replaced by the Fair Work Act and the new industrial regulatory structure under Fair Work Australia (FWA). Political pressure from opposition spokesperson ...

Member interests and employer choice paramount

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... too agrees that employer choice of all funds is essential to a successful system "If this were permitted, a designated Fair Work process would not be required as an employer would be free to select any APRA regulated MySuper product," said the FSC. "This ...

Market Wrap- Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2011
... after it grounded its fleet over the weekend during a bitter industrial dispute with unions. Early on Monday morning, Fair Work Australia ordered a halt to the industrial action taken by three unions against the airline. Rival airline Virgin Blue rose ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... Its shares fell half a cent to $1.56, after Prime Minister Julia Gillard warned the government had powers under the Fair Work Act to intervene in the dispute if it began to impact the national economy or health and safety, a move the federal opposition ...

Retail funds want more super access

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... superannuation funds greater access to default-fund advantage. AMP has tried repeatedly to join an industry award through Fair Work Australia but has been rejected. In March 2010 AMP Life applied to have the AMP Superannuation Saving Trust, the largest ...