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Industry split on paid vaccine leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... respond to this compassionately and on a case-by-case basis." Likewise, last year UniSuper began providing its employees with extra leave, known as standby leave, for employees with family or carer commitments resulting from COVID-19. This is in addition ...

Australia among the richest nations

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
... the period, Belgium and Sweden gained more than $66,290 (US$50,000), while Germany, the Netherlands and the US acquired an extra $53,000 (US$40,000) in wealth, respectively. The research found a huge disparity in the distribution of average wealth. Nations ...

Court orders new group definition in CBA advice class action

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
... applicants' fiduciary claims, and change the group definition. The judge wants the third applicant to be someone who paid the extra premiums personally rather than via their superannuation. "Second, I will not require the named applicants to join ...

More super tax concessions on table

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
... Watts argued that Hanson's suggested amendment would only benefit those already earning high incomes and able to contribute extra to super even after retirement age. He suggested that it was suspicious that Hanson had recently turned 67 herself. "The ...

Cashwerkz takes stake in boutique, plans rebrand

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021
... million CWZ performance rights subject to hurdles. At current share price of 33 cents per share, the rights amount to an extra $4.95 million for TGM. The first of these hurdles is a successful capital raise, when TGM becomes eligible for up to 1.5 million ...

Potential small carve out for annual renewal law

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
... this is the first year where the services and the fees for the next 12 months must be included in the FDS - which will be "extra complicated for asset-based fee clients, where you need to prepare an estimate and explain the basis of the estimate". The ...

Poor financial literacy failing young workers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... super. Incidentally, this cohort do no know if they are receiving the right SG contributions. Only a minority (10%) make extra contributions. In terms of life insurance, less than half (42%) would consider insurance if they found themselves unexpectedly ...

Pension fund appoints chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021
A long-serving executive is set to be the first female chief executive of one of the world's largest pension funds. The Teachers' Retirement Board has named Cassandra Lichnock as the new chief executive of the California State Teachers' Retirement System ...

ERS applicants $3100 worse off

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021
... foregone $3164 of additional savings, the institute found, and in order to restore this amount of money they will need to make extra voluntary contributions. In total, super funds released $36.4 billion during 2020. Most of this went towards the rent ...

Chief economist: The wages of slow wages growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021
... homeowners (not counting investors) with a mortgage, according to McKinsey's February 2020 report (more now I would imagine), extra money would be used towards servicing housing debt. Inflation is the least of the RBA's worries. But it continues ...