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FEATURE: Gear up for retirement

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... retired Australian couple. "We are finding that readiness varies a lot between funds; it depends on the members' balances, salary level and sector," Mercer senior partner David Knox says. He explains that superannuation funds tend to respond quickly ...

Research contradicts group risk claims crisis

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... for their members. Equip has slashed premiums on its death and total and permanent disablement (TPD) cover as well as its salary continuance cover. Equip Personal members, who comprise over half of the fund's 52,000 membership, were the greatest beneficiaries ...

Equip slashes insurance premiums

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
Equip has announced cuts to premiums for its death and total and permanent disablement (TPD) cover and its salary continuance cover. Equip's chief executive officer Danielle Press said the reductions were the result of thorough examination of the fund's ...

Funds passport 'doomed to fail' without tax reform

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
... the funds passports as they currently stand are a somewhat crude solution. "As we grow from 9.25% to 12% contribution of salary, we will over-capitalise the Australian market if we continue to see super structures that are 80% or 90% domestically focused. ...

IPA calls for repeal of 10% rule

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
... income from other sources, the maximum concessional superannuation contribution will be $15,000 if he or she is able to salary sacrifice their entire employment income. But if the employer does not allow the employee to salary sacrifice the super contributions ...

Wilson HTM confirms managing director appointment

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... director of Pinnacle Investment Management. The group informed the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) that Grant's base salary will be $400,000 per annum and that he is entitled to receive a bonus based on profitability for the 2014 financial year. ...

Sinodinos says six figure AWH salary was 'reasonable'

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
Former assistant treasurer Arthur Sinodinos has said he found it "reasonable" he was paid a salary of $200,000 per year as chairman of Australian Water Holdings (AWH), a role that involved between 25 and 44 hours of work every year. Sinodinos, was on ...

QSuper unveils 'industry first' lifecycle product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... strategies for each group would take into account the median projected retirement income (including age pension entitlements), salary and contribution rates and retirement date. QSuper chief executive Rosmary Vilgan said: "There has been little change ...

Cormann to take over Sinodinos' duties

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... restoration to the ministry," Abbott said during question time. He confirmed that Sinodinos would not receive ministerial salary and he would not have access to entitlements from now on. The financial services industry has welcomed Cormann's appointment. ...

Westpac exec gets ASIC ban after preying on elderly's finances

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... borrow funds from Westpac and earned a financial advantage in the form of cash bonuses on the loans, in addition to his base salary, despite knowing that they were elderly, a pensioner, a carer or suffering from a disability, and would not be able to ...