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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 ...

Frydenberg focusses on jobs, jobs, jobs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020

... JobMaker program is estimated to cost $4 billion and create 450,000 jobs for young people. It is a hiring credit to employers of $200 a week for each eligible employee hired between ages 16 and 29 and $100 a week for every worker between 30 and 35. To ...

Insurers prepare for tragic COVID-19 fall-out

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020

... employees' mental health at work since the pandemic. As many as six out of ten of the workers surveyed said their employers had already implemented mental health initiatives as a result of COVID-19. As for managers, 55% said their organisations planned ...

LGS partners with SuperFriend

ALLY SELBY | THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020

... with workplace mental health organisation SuperFriend, to provide support and tools to its staff, members, and their employers. SuperFriend will support employers and members with a range of online and facilitated training solutions, consulting, webinars ...

Australia world class in retirement wellbeing

ANNABELLE DICKSON | WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020

... measures income equality, income per capita and unemployment. Natixis chief executive Jean Raby said: "Individuals, employers, institutions, policymakers and asset managers all have an important role to play in addressing these issues, and we believe ...

Corporate fund overhauls admin fees, premiums

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020

... possible because members have been consolidating lost super accounts to Mercy Super, staying with the fund when they change employers and taking a more active role in managing their accounts. Members will also see a decrease in death and TPD premiums ...

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Mulino brings New Class of Advisers to life, guarantees fairer CSLR funding

KARREN VERGARA

Assistant treasurer Daniel Mulino will forge ahead with the New Class of Advisers (NCAs) as part of highly anticipated Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms and laid out a blueprint of how the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) will be fairer for financial advisers.

Munro Partners to acquire GSFM

VINNY VUCAGO

Munro Partners will acquire GSFM, the Australian investment fund management affiliate of CI Global Asset Management, in a deal designed to strengthen its local distribution capabilities.

Treasury consults on foreign investment framework reforms

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Treasury has opened a consultation to review existing conditions required for foreign investment approvals in Australia.

Australians struggle to navigate super and age pension divide

VINNY VUCAGO

Australians are approaching retirement with growing uncertainty about how superannuation and the Age Pension will work together, with new research pointing to gaps in both preparedness and confidence.

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