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FSC urges Senate to vote for SG rise

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2012
... increase the gap by $1.02 trillion. "An adequate annual retirement income is defined as 62.5 per cent of a person's last salary. Our research shows 9 per cent superannuation will fail to provide the population with their expectations of a comfortable ...

Take advantage of current concessional caps: OnePath

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... opportunity to take advantage of the full benefit of the concessionals which are allowed this year, and the ability to salary sacrifice this year," said Lowe. Lowe also said advisers still queried whether salary sacrifice contributions count towards ...

Gen Y aiming high: REST

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
... A new survey by REST Super looks at the "wealth style" of 600 18 to 30 year olds to better understand their work ethic, salary expectations, and home ownership goals. The study found more than 75% of Gen Ys expected to live a comfortable or very comfortable ...

HESTA members get insurance boost

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... birthday such as 25, 30, 40 or 50, divorce, a child starting primary or secondary school, getting a degree, death of a spouse, salary hike, taking out a mortgage or moving into full-time from part-time work. "Removing some of the barriers that traditionally ...

Super contributions break through $1 trillion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
... It confirms employers are not just the prime distribution point for superannuation, regardless that these monies include salary sacrifice and above-SG amounts, but that this stranglehold is increasing. Lifting SG to 12% progressively over the coming ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... ($A26.44 billion). Prime Minister Mario Monti warned Italians they had to make sacrifices and said he was renouncing his own salary as prime minister in a gesture of solidarity. "Traders and investors are going to be a bit nervous about being caught ...

Energy Super turns to YouTube

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... short animated YouTube videos, targeting its Gen Y super members. As a three video series, the animated shorts explore salary sacrificing, early super contributions and the benefits for an average Gen Yer today taking action in their super such as potential ...

Exec pay in Australia too high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
... step, Fleming wrote that Meg Whitman recently accepted the role of chief executive officer of Hewlett Packard for a base salary of $1 while Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer has a base pay of $650,000, and a bonus last year of the same ...

CareSuper cuts income protection premiums

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
... without feeling the impact on their take-home pay." The maximum level of income protection cover is dependent on a member's salary but monthly benefit can be no more than 85% of a gross monthly salary. Of that sum, 75% is payable as a benefit and 10% ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011
... Woolworths shares dropped 1.3 per cent, or 31 cents, to $24.54 after the details of its new chief executive Grant O'Brien's salary was announced. Mr Brien will be paid $1.9 million in his first year in the job, but that could more than double with performance-based ...