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Calls to fast track higher SG: survey

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
... of 0.25 per cent, in 2013-14 and 2014-15. Steps of 0.5 per cent will follow these every year until the superannuation guarantee reaches 12 per cent in 2019-20. The ASFA survey, conducted by BrandManagement in October this year, found that this was too ...

Workers to wear SG rise: Shorten

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
... meaning they could operate as de facto compulsory member contributions. "Analysis suggests that over time, superannuation guarantee increases have come out of wages, rather than profits. Future wage productivity increases are expected to be sufficient ...

Coalition still unconvinced on 12 pc SG

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... increasing SG is socially inequitable. "Specifically, the Henry Review pointed out that the burden of any superannuation guarantee increase 'is likely to fall most heavily on low to middle income earners'," he said. The senator however added that, "Labor ...

Align preservation and retirement age: DoFD

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
... or lessen their severity. "Despite reforms to increase self-funding of retirement (such as raising the superannuation guarantee to 12 per cent by 2019-20), the current retirement income system will become increasingly expensive as the population ages ...

Super back in the spotlight

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
... sensible approach" for employers and unions in the booming resources sector to incorporate increases to the Superannuation Guarantee (SG) in upcoming wage negotiations. "We already have a quarter of employers paying 10 per cent SG. And, a lot of workplaces ...

Let the lobbying begin

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
... industry comes to grips with a minority government. Industry bodies remain united in their desire to see the superannuation guarantee (SG) increased to 12 per cent under the minority government, but divisions in other areas of policy remain as apparent ...

Moving forward with Gillard

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
... relief at PM Julia Gillard's formation of a minority government and remain hopeful that an increase to the superannuation guarantee will be passed under a hung parliament. "We welcome the end of the uncertainty, with the decision by the independent members ...

AustralianSuper wades into politics

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... and we call on the leaders of all parties and the independents to commit to implementing the increased superannuation guarantee." Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, commended the super fund's initiative. ...

The trillion dollar election question

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2010
... investment product) as the default option of funds. Meanwhile the Coalition said it would abolish the superannuation guarantee age limit and shadow treasurer Joe Hockey flagged he would oppose an increase in SG. Schroder is not alone in his view on the ...

Industry backs MySuper reforms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... ban on commissions to group life insurance provided by super funds. "With the proposed increase in the Superannuation Guarantee from 9 to 12 per cent it has never been more important to eliminate unnecessary costs which eat away at retirement savings," ...