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MySuper authorisations creep up to 78

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
With three months to go until employers will be allowed to send superannuation guarantee contributions only to super funds that have been authorised to offer MySuper products, there are only 78 funds MySuper authorised. According to figures from the ...

Coalition to save $1.6bn via SG delay

AAP & ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
... has confirmed that it will make $1.6 billion budget saving A by delaying the increase of the compulsory superannuation guarantee from 9% to 12%. After pressure from Labor shadow treasurer Joe Hockey released a seven-page document that promised the Coalition ...

Whiteley and Brogden join forces to condemn CPA report

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
... two chief executives went on to say: "The report monumentally overreaches in its claim that Australia's Superannuation Guarantee has been at the expense of voluntary savings and as a result, superannuation has failed." At the heart of their critique ...

Too much super diverted to pay personal debt: CPA report

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... personal debt that was used to sustain their lifestyle while employed. The report, 'Twenty years of the superannuation guarantee: The verdict' commissioned and released by CPA Australia was prepared by Simon Kelly, adjunct professor at the University ...

FPA wants schools to teach financial literacy

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... Insurance Scheme (NDIS) to be included in the National Financial Literacy Strategy. "MySuper and the superannuation guarantee increases are designed to help those who are disengaged and the FPA believes this must be balanced out with empowering Australians ...

Shorten maps out government super legacy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
... government's reform record on superannuation. Shorten listed a range of policy milestones such as increasing superannuation guarantee (SG) from 9% to 12%, the introduction of the Low Income Superannuation Contribution (LISC) scheme, lifting the contribution ...

Shorten slams opposition's 'freeze-frame' super plans

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... changes to the nation's retirement savings system including a commitment to the gradual increase of the superannuation guarantee rate from nine to 12%, a tax cut for those who earn $37,000 or less and an increase of the concessional contributions cap ...

SPAA, Deloitte join calls for SG deferral rethink

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
... joined calls from other industry bodies to criticise the Coalition's plan to defer the increase to the Superannuation Guarantee (SG) by two years. The debate centres on Opposition leader Tony Abbot's budget reply speech in which he said the Coalition ...

Coalition super plan to harm retirees, low income earners

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
The Coalition's announcement that they would delay the Superannuation Guarantee (SG) increase would see millions of Australians move into retirement with inadequate savings according to the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST). Last ...

CommInsure improves coverage for RBF members

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
... members with income protection are left disabled due to injury or illness, they will receive an additional Superannuation Guarantee equivalent amount, currently 9%, paid at to the member's super account on top of an income replacement benefit of up to ...