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UniSuper develops retirement product

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
... CIPRs to improve outcomes for retirees. FlexiChoice has been developed in close consultation with members, universities and unions. It will give UniSuper members access to a lifetime pension at retirement, an option that is currently not available to ...

Super fund governance bill enters final debate

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... like a very big change in the context of the overall aim of this bill." Representatives of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) told the committee that the equal representation model was successful in fostering consensus in board decisions. ...

OPINION: Super is Murray's big rock

ANDREW BRAGG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
... enterprise agreement? Murray has uncovered a little understood gap in the super choice laws which allows employers and unions to lock employees into their chosen fund. Closing this loophole will mean that all Australians can choose their own super fund. ...

A Greek offer that cannot be refused

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... imbalances in current accounts and labour markets resulting from differences in the countries' competitiveness, currency unions need a rebalancing mechanism as a substitute for the previous mechanism of appreciation or depreciation of the national currency ...

Fight profit shifting, ACTU tells industry funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... infrastructure investment, delegates at the 2015 ACTU Congress were told yesterday. Emma Maiden, deputy assistant secretary of Unions NSW, told an estimated 800 union delegates at the Australian Council of Trade Unions annual conference in Melbourne ...

Smart beta here to stay, research confirms

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... North America and 26% from Europe. Respondents were a mix of private business, government organisations, non-for profits, unions or industry-wide pension schemes, as well as insurance companies, family offices and sovereign wealth funds. Total assets ...

FSC backs Commission on choice of super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... Commission identifies inherent conflicts in the superannuation system "because of the institutional links between trade unions and industry superannuation funds." "In most cases, half the members of the board of an industry superannuation fund are nominated ...

Cbus faces serious industry problems with super payments

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... problem is exacerbated by the lack of enforcement action by the Australian Taxation Office. Sponsoring organisations such as unions have a legitimate role in the process of pursuing arrears, but Cbus should and is strengthening its internal capacity ...

Vale Mavis Robertson AM

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... career spanned more than six decades in the union movement and then in superannuation as fund secretary of BUS (Building Unions Superannuation) and AUST (Allied Unions Superannuation Trust) before leading the merger of these funds to create Cbus, becoming ...

Super modern awards anti-competitive: FSC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... excluded from the default modern award system). According to the study, industry funds owned by employer organisations and unions remain the biggest beneficiaries of the award system, representing 88% of all MySuper listings. "The concentration of industry ...