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Business still unhappy with SG increase

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
Business groups are still resisting the increase in the Superannuation Guarantee levy, with 19 groups signing a declaration that they remain opposed to the increase despite the government's mining tax deal. The declaration was signed last week in Adelaide ...

Business still unhappy with SG increase

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
Business groups are continuing to resist the increase in the Superannuation Guarantee levy, with 19 signing a declaration that they remain opposed to the increase despite the government's mining tax deal. The declaration was signed last week in Adelaide ...

Raising SG must remain despite RSPT outcome: Brogden

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
The Investment & Financial Services (IFSA) is calling on the government to commit to increasing the superannuation guarantee (SG) to 12 per cent regardless of the outcome of the Resource Super Profits Tax (RSPT) negotiations. Speaking at an IFSA member ...

Members call for investment choice

ASFA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
... to the Cooper Panel. The industry body is also calling for a requirement that employers pay employees' superannuation guarantee (SG) and salary sacrifice contributions in line with wage and salary payments, and for SG payments to be reported on employee ...

Resistance grows to SG increase

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
Opposition is growing to increasing the Superannuation Guarantee and the super funds industry has a major fight on its hands. The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) said it rejects financial services industry claims that the SG increase ...

Super funds could fill resource capital shortfall: report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
... may even be easier to get this funding after the Federal Government's Budget proposed increasing the superannuation guarantee (SG) from 9 per cent to 12 per cent, said the report. The adoption of the Standard & Poor's index structure in 2002 impacted ...

PM repeats calls to make Australia a fin services hub

... said the reforms are the most significant set of reforms to superannuation since the introduction of the Superannuation Guarantee Charge in 1993. "These reforms will help working families by improving the adequacy and the fairness and the efficiency ...

Govt unveils more super reforms

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
The Rudd Government hopes to boost national retirement savings by raising the superannuation guarantee from 9 to 12 per cent - a move that drew a mixed response from the industry. The Government announced it would raise SG to 12 per cent from 2013 ...

BT Super for Life hits the mark

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
... third of these new customers have 'activated' their account. An activated account means it's attracting superannuation guarantee payments or the customer has rolled their existing retirement funds into the product. "That's a fantastic number given most ...

IFSA calls for super in parental leave

IFSA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
... Australian would not have an adequate retirement savings amount if they relied on just on the nine per cent Superannuation Guarantee. John Brogden, chief executive at IFSA, said Australian women are being punished for choosing to have a family. "IFSA ...