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RC sting felt in finance pay packets

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2019
Perceptor has revealed the state of financial services salaries and bonuses in its 2019/2020 Market Trends and Salary Review. The boutique recruiter pointed to the outcomes of the Royal Commission as a leading factor in the changes. "There is no doubt ...

UK insurer fined for annuity sales failings

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... customer outcomes. "Call handlers were incentivised by the possibility of earning an additional 37% on top of their base salary and winning prizes such as spa breaks or weekend holidays," the FCA said. Prudential did not dispute the FCA's findings and ...

Treasury agreed with Grattan SG modelling

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
... Grattan's modelling "broadly tells a similar story" to its own modelling. "This includes the projection that median wage and salary earners entering the workforce today will have high replacement rates (retirement incomes compared to measures of ...

Government super fund changes insurance terms, premiums

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2019
... insurer AIA Australia. From 1 October 2019, members of GESB Super and West State Super will see changes to their TPD and salary continuance insurance (SCI). For death and TPD insurance changes, the terms 'sane or insane' will be replaced with ...

Salary sacrifice loophole bill insufficient: ISA

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
While closing the salary sacrifice loophole is important, the bigger issue that needs to be addressed is that of unpaid super, according to Industry Super Australia. That was the main point in the body's submission to Schedule 7 of the Treasury Laws ...

Wealth projection boosts super fund engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
... also spiked compared to the group who were only given their balance. The proportion of members with an RIE tended to make salary sacrifice contributions 33% higher, the research found. University of Sydney lecturer and co-researcher George Smyrnis said ...

Industry fund overhauls fee structure

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
... death and TPD cover as part of the Protecting Your Super changes. Death and TPD cover, and death only cover rose by 7.7%. Salary continuance insurance and temporary salary continuance premiums also increased by 8.3%.

BT advice boss lands new role

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... was grilled at Royal Commission hearings last year, will lead an ASX-listed managed accounts provider for a $500,000 base salary. Michael Wright will join Xplore Wealth (formerly Managed Accounts Holdings) effective September 9, as the company ends its ...

Women don't know their worth: Noble Oak

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
... overvalued rather than undervalued themselves. The survey found women tended to undervalue themselves consistently through every salary bracket. The differences in how men and women value themselves were most stark in those earning under $40,000 a year. ...

Government to close super salary sacrifice loophole

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... legislation will enforce stronger protections against dodgy employers who short change workers' superannuation savings via salary sacrifice contributions. Assistant Treasurer and Housing Minister Michael Sukkar introduced a raft of tax measures under ...