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Govt starts super reforms campaign

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
... 21 languages, including five indigenous languages. The centrepiece of the campaign is explaining the superannuation guarantee (SG) changes, where from 1 July this year the rate will increase from 9% to 9.25% of an employees non-superannuation pay. The ...

Use super to help pay health costs: CEDA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
... this could be done by "introducing pre-funding for healthcare costs by quarantining a portion of the Superannuation Guarantee rate, or increasing the Levy, so that approximately 3% [of wages] is set aside to cover healthcare costs". Rohan Mead, Australian ...

Government eyes Islamic finance growth opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
... geographic position places us in close proximity to large Muslim populations. Over twenty years of the Superannuation Guarantee means our financial institutions have extensive funds management expertise. Additionally, we have a well-resourced, well-regulated ...

Industry groups join forces to mount super campaign

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
... of superannuation. "Over the four year budget estimates period, the cost to revenue of increasing the superannuation guarantee for 9 to 12 per cent and the Low Income Superannuation Scheme amount to $2.4 billion. "However, the negative impact of combined ...

Super assets up 15% to $1.5tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
... not-for-profit funds which draws most of its contributions from employer contributions centred around the superannuation guarantee and default award arranagements. This stronger reliance on member contributions is why the seemingly unstoppable rise of ...

Superannuation needs change: Keating

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... Keating. "This final compulsory 3% of wages could come in two ways: through the labour market via the SG [superannuation guarantee]... or through a government pooled insurance fund. "The policy promise of superannuation is understood by people to be ...

Australia ranks third in Global Pensions

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
... government has made significant reforms since the 2011 Index, notably with the increase in mandatory Superannuation Guarantee contributions from 9% to 12%, to be introduced from July 2013. "Reform is needed to ensure that adequate benefits are provided ...

Super debate flawed: ASFA

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... parental leave, the self employed, those who earn less than the $450 a month threshold for receiving the superannuation guarantee, indigenous Australians and recently divorced men and woman are most at risk, said the report. "Furthermore the majority ...

Retirement adequacy hits post-GFC low: AMP

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
... adequacy based on 65% of an individual's pre-retirement income. The data factors in the increase in the superannuation guarantee from 9% to 12%. Overall, AMP said that the projected super benefits for an average retiree fell by 7% to $492,000. This drop ...

Former Ansett workers get $16m super payback

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
... extend the director penalty regime - which has been a feature of the tax law since 1993 - to cover unpaid superannuation guarantee amounts. This legislation will allow the Commissioner of Taxation to recover unpaid superannuation guarantee amounts from ...