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Industry fund creates finance role

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2018
... recently detailed its use of a behavioural economics program which fights inaction on increases to the superannuation guarantee. The 'Save more for later' programs helps employees of Mount Alexander Shire Council save more for retirement; a move the ...

O'Dwyer proposes compulsory unpaid super law

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
... proposing all employers transition to the Single Touch Payroll (STP) system from 1 July 2019 under its superannuation guarantee reform package. What previously applied to employers with 20 employees or more is now being extended to all employers regardless ...

FSC calls for inquiry into gig economy and its impact on super

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
... regulatory gap which exempts self-employed persons from having to put funds aside for retirement (via the superannuation guarantee). This, the FSC said, results in substantially lower superannuation balances for the self-employed, and increases the risk ...

An industry fund vision for retirement comfort

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
... industry fund is using behavioural economics to fight the Federal Government's inaction on increasing the superannuation guarantee. Vision Super has trialled a program called 'Save more for later' to help employees of Mount Alexander Shire Council save ...

Industry association targets super gaps

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
... recommendations to Treasury, the AIST recommends the removal of the $450 per month income threshold on the superannuation guarantee (SG), the recommencement of increases in the SG with a view to achieving 12% in July 2022, and expressed its opposition ...

SelectingSuper winners crowned

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
... entry of new players in the market. He also congratulated the industry on the 25-year anniversary of the superannuation guarantee. "There is so much disruption happening that no fund leadership team no matter how big or smart it is or thinks it is, or ...

Trustees must raise bar on good governance: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2017
... arrangements were largely unchanged since they were first put in place following the implementation of the Superannuation Guarantee in the 1980s. Yet, over the intervening period, the industry has undergone significant change and trustee business operations ...

SelectingSuper finalists announced

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
... significant milestone for the super industry and Rainmaker itself. After all, 1992 was the year both the superannuation guarantee was introduced and the year Rainmaker was founded. The annual awards, sponsored this year by Bravura Solutions, address ...

Superannuation gets another makeover

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
... regime. A legal loophole being used by some unscrupulous employers to short-change workers of their full superannuation guarantee entitlements will also be closed. APRA's powers to regulate funds will be strengthened, enabling the regulator to take preventative ...

"Enough is enough": Women in Super launch national campaign

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2017
... contributions which sees more than 220,000 women per year miss out on superannuation. She is also calling for the superannuation guarantee to be increased to 12%, and for superannuation to be paid on parental leave. "When around 40% of older single retired ...