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Mental health over financial health: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... wellbeing, and 50% said they are not being offered financial health support. Interestingly, MetLife found that while 73% of employers claim to offer flexible work arrangements, only 53% of employees said they have flexible work options available to them. ...

Hume scrutinises super fund spend

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... funds can focus on delivering better performance and minimise unnecessary expenditure," she said. From 1 July 2021, employers cannot default new staff to their chosen super if employees do not nominate a fund or provide any details. Instead, employers ...

Millions of workers facing financial stress: AMP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... equivalent age group. Anderson said one of the biggest factors to assist people with financial stress can come from their employers. "The research shows that financial education is one of the most used employee benefits when available. In fact, employees ...

MLC Super overhauls fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... MLC has conducted a comprehensive review of the pricing structure across the MLC Super Fund after consulting members, employers and advisers in advance of these changes. "As a result of this review we will be implementing a number of pricing changes ...

AustralianSuper dodges advertising scrutiny

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
... and marketing budget in the last financial year. Silk said that he does not know what proportion of members came from employers defaulting workers into the fund and how many actively joined, after he was asked on several instances by the committee. The ...

Lift in financial services jobs

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
The broader job market is showing signs of recovery, particularly in the financial services industry, which recorded a 21% rise in hiring activity in the September quarter. Overall, the job market rose by 15% mostly driven by the demand for casual employment ...

Wages will not rise from SG cut: ISA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... retirement. ISA claimed many employment contracts were already locked in place when the SG freeze was announced, and most employers saw little need to renegotiate them to pass on the lost super as higher wages. ISA said in agreements certified after ...

Aware Super in-houses fund administration

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2020
... contact centre in Melbourne while Mercer has provided certain communication services to some Aware Super members and employers, a spokesperson for the fund said. The fund said it has been running three separate administration systems (across a mix of ...

Half of UK pension funds seek buy-out

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
... over the next decade. "This is due to a combination of factors such as funding requirements meaning that sponsoring employers will need to fund pension schemes to a higher level and the cost of insuring deferred member liabilities having reduced materially ...

Sweeping tax cuts announced

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... additional 50,000 jobs across the country," Frydenberg said. A further measure is cutting red tape for businesses by allowing employers to use existing corporate records to complete their fringe benefits tax (FBT) return. Employers providing retraining ...