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ASIC updates and reissues RG 121

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024
... otherwise deal with, property situated in Australia as an agent, legal personal representative or trustee, whether by employees or agents or otherwise. Lastly, the new guidance has updated descriptions of, or references to, financial products and services ...

Payday Super penalties ramped up ahead of legislation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024
... today, the government outlined further details it plans to include in legislation to incentivise compliance and ensure employees are fairly compensated when super payments are delayed. From 1 July 2026, employers will be required to pay their employees' ...

TelstraSuper picks Equip for merger partner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024
... 2025. "Both funds have a proud history in serving the superannuation needs of a wide range of members including the employees of large companies. Over time we have both grown to support a broad and diverse membership," TelstraSuper chair Anne-Marie O'Loghlin ...

China to raise retirement age from 2025

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
... retirement age lifted from 50 to 55, and white-collar workers' will be lifted from 55 to 58. Meantime, from 2030 employees will also have to contribute more to social security to ensure they receive pension payments. By 2039 they will have to have ...

BUSSQ board members removed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
BUSSQ board members Jacqui Collie and Michael Ravbar, both of whom are senior Construction, Forestry, and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) officials, have been replaced effective immediately. The administrator for the Queensland branch of the CFMEU ...

Westpac names new chief executive

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024
... will make a great chief executive. In his time at Westpac, he's proven he has what it takes to deliver for customers, employees and shareholders. He's an experienced banker, with customers at the heart." "As a result of the hard work completed over the ...

APRA alleges First Super co-chair breached director duties

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
... breached his duties as a director in relation to a contract between the fund and the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU). In addition to being First Super's co-chair, O'Connor is the national secretary of the manufacturing ...

FSU campaigns against workplace surveillance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2024
... Finance Sector Union (FSU) is backing calls for a Privacy in Working Life Act to prohibit unnecessary surveillance of employees by companies and to ensure any surveillance is regulated. The Victorian government is currently undertaking an Inquiry into ...

South Africa readies 'two pot' pension system

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024
... who need it the most to overcome financial stress," he said. Currently, South Africa's retirement regime allows employees to make a full withdrawal from their pensions when they leave a job. This leads to the lack of preservation pre-retirement and ...

BUSSQ fights back against regulatory imposition

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024
... concerns about its potential impact on the super fund. The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Industrial Union of Employees, Queensland (CFMEU-Q), a separate legal entity to the CFMEU, is a shareholder of BUSSQ and has appointed four directors ...