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QSuper faces class action over excess premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021
... most of the fund members impacted are Queensland government employees and their spouses, teachers and health industry workers like doctors and psychiatrists," Shine Lawyers class actions practice leader Joshua Aylward said. "It's incredibly disappointing ...

What super funds should know about Gen Z

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2021
... super to help them build a more financially secure and sustainable future. "It might not be surprising that our Gen Z workers are focusing on shorter-term investments rather than their super, but it is concerning how much they are potentially sacrificing ...

Test-induced movement marginal: Data

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2021
... the Victorian Independent Schools Superannuation Fund's MySuper product. While it's still early days, APRA is urging workers to reassess their super arrangements as soon as possible. "The trustees of APRA-regulated superannuation funds have a legal ...

'Great resignation' a real risk: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
... there's a chance they will still be with their current company in two years. Probably contributing to the unrest, 64% of workers did not feel supported by their employer during the pandemic and only 36% agreed that their company was a good place to work ...

Hong Kong REIT buys Queen Victoria Building

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
... Australia and dominate Sydney's core retail precinct, which is positioned for recovery following the end of lockdowns, as workers, tourists and shoppers return to the CBD." The acquisition of the 50% stake in the Queen Victoria Building, The Strand Arcade ...

Aussies in the dark over super stapling

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
... make sure they are with a good fund." ISA previously lobbied for the government to amend the YFYS package to only allow workers to be stapled to funds that passed the performance test to no avail. "Given the risks to so many people's livelihoods ...

Unpaid super tops $5bn per year: ISA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
... Super Australia shows about $5 billion in super went unpaid in the 2018-19 financial year, owed to about three million workers. On average, Australian workers lose about $1700 in superannuation each year, ISA said, amounting to $60,000 less in retirement. ...

Taxpayer Bill of Rights recommended

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2021
... a final determination is made by a court or another agreed on dispute resolution body. And, it has suggested that ATO workers should be more educated on taxpayer rights and the management of disputes and complaints. It wants to see a 'taxpayer advocate' ...

Government-run super would leave members worse off: ISA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
... Aged Pension to pick up the slack, ISA chief executive Bernie Dean, said. "This plan would funnel millions of Australian workers into an expensive and poor performing government-controlled super fund - all so politicians can get their hands on people's ...

Joining the 1% around the world: Analysis

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
... reveals that Australians would have to work 66 years and five months to join the country's wealthiest 1%, while Chinese workers would need more than 101 years in the workforce to join China's 1%. In a stark illustration of wealth inequality around the ...