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Plug the $1 trillion savings shortfall: FSC

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). Increasing working lives has the potential to unfairly impact blue-collar workers, who may be forced onto disability pensions "because their bodies just wear out," she said. While the savings ...

OnePath upgrades insurance offering

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012
... didn't want time consuming claims processes" There are three segments that has been the main focus and they include blue collar, baby boomers and high net worth clients, said Kerr. "Understanding these segments has been a huge motivator for how we have ...

Blue-collar workers shun advice: survey

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... non-professional sources prior to becoming unemployed. The study highlights a number of issues that predominantly men who are blue collar workers face when negotiating financial difficulties. Barriers to financial help-seeking identified include shame ...

Tower improves Accelerated Protection

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
... enhancements to the income protection component, including the removal of the 14-day total disability requirement for blue collar workers. Tower made 10 improvements including full cover for Severe (Type 2) Diabetes in the critical illness protection ...

Investor confidence shaken, and stirred

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... super balances and an individual's debt to income ratio. The Index surveys the confidence levels of young families, blue collar workers, single males and single females and empty nesters. This is the second stage of the research findings, with the first ...

IQ Business grows 20pc due to Cooper Review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
... created a lot of work." IQ Business Group is celebrating a decade of working in Australia, having built a reputation as the "blue-collar consultants" of the local financial services industry. The firm has successfully completed more than 100 projects ...

ISN unveils new industry fund campaign

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
... aims to shift the perception that industry funds are only for people from specific types of industries, especially blue collar workers. Executive manager of Industry Super Network, David Whiteley, said the campaign uses the Australian song "From Little ...

Pension age lift under fire

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
... Driving opposition however is not concern with the government's premise of increasing longevity but Union fears that for blue collar employees having to work longer until they retire will damage their health. Pensioner groups are also concerned about ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2006
... the year for the past 20 years. Recent data shows 4.1 per cent wages growth and that the biggest increases are for blue collar workers. NSW Small Business Minister David Campbell has foreshadowed a review of red tape faced by small business including ...

Budget to pave the way for better advice: Stammer

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2006
... "While that may not have a big impact on those with bigger superannuation lump sums," he said, "expect big changes to blue collar workers." And while some media reports have criticised Costello for not going far enough with tax cuts, Stammer applauded ...