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Government to aid growth of social impact investment

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... investment market growth and determine possible regulatory barriers, marking the next step in implementing the Financial System Inquiry's recommendations. In the government's 'Social Impact Investing' discussion paper released on Saturday, Treasurer ...

Bus operator fails to pay super

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... Employers are required to pay 9.5% of an employee's salary into superannuation accounts. The case comes amidst a Senate inquiry in Melbourne over chronic underpayment of super contributions by employers. Industry Super Australia (ISA) accused that the ...

Industry funds blame ATO for super underpayment

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
... measures by the Australian Taxation Office for the chronic underpayment of super contributions by employers. At a Senate inquiry in Melbourne today, Industry Super Australia (ISA) stated the ATO's lack of action will mean workers will retire with tens ...

ASFA slams Grattan as 'out of touch'

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
... delivering a higher standard of living for retirees," Fahy said. In its submission to the Senate Economics Committee's inquiry into the Superannuation (Objective) Bill 2016, the public policy think tank recommended that the committee reject the use of ...

Insurance in super must be maintained: AIA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... says communicating the importance and value of life insurance is vital for all Australians and the latest parliamentary inquiry is another opportunity to do so. Reaffirming its support for life insurance within superannuation, AIA said life insurance ...

Government shelves ASIC register sale

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... register. Davis, who is the research director at the Australian Centre for Financial Studies and a former Financial System Inquiry panellist, said the Government's proposed model would "involve the private operator relying on revenue from sale of information ...

Whistleblower protections under microscope

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... will review Australia's tax and corporate whistleblower protections. The review is running parallel to a parliamentary inquiry on the whistleblower protections in the corporate, public and not-for-profit sectors. O'Dwyer said the review supports a 2016-17 ...

MySuper progresses to MyRetirement

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
... that offer such large potential increases in income, without a cost to taxpayers." She pointed to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) which noted that incomes from more innovative retirement income products could be 15 to 30% higher than those from the ...

Group insurance critical: FSC

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... 10 working Australians cover they wouldn't necessarily otherwise have. Submitting to the Parliamentary Joint Committee inquiry into life insurance, the Financial Services Council highlighted the role superannuation plays in providing an affordable level ...

Industry fund recovers millions in lost super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
... dodged payments each year. The report will form part of the organisations' submissions to the newly established Senate inquiry on SG non-payment.