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Rice Warner weighs in on Your Future, Your Super

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021
... industry should not overlook. Under the new stapling measure, Rice Warner has two areas of concern. The first is that employer schemes are potentially under threat. Prior to industry funds and master trusts, most pensions were provided by employers as ...

Industry fund renews Link partnership

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... provisioning improvements, which are critical to Cbus' strategic and operational objectives". Cbus group executive of member and employer experience Marianne Walker said processes and systems will be created to support the fund's scale and growth and ...

Super leaves gig economy behind

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
... worker was found to be between $500-$900 per annum, while a minimum wage employee would accumulate approximately $3700 in employer-contributed super in one year. This is because under current labour force regulations, most gig economy workers are likely ...

Industry fund names chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
The Meat Industry Employees' Superannuation Fund has appointed a former Link Group general manager and industry fund chief executive to its top job. MIESF has named Katherine Kaspar as its incoming chief executive, following the announcement that Bill ...

SMSFs dump $30bn in shares

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
... 86% of members are 45 years old or older. Over the year, there were $12 billion in member contributions, $5 billion in employer contributions and $9 billion in outward transfers. SMSF members paid a total of $3.7 billion in administration and operating ...

Finance sector has largest pay gap

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
The financial services sector has taken the inauspicious title of being the industry with the largest gender pay gap. According to the Finance Sector Union (FSU), COVID-19 has had a disproportionate event effect on women, causing a "pink recession". ...

Should remote employees be paid less?

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
Over a quarter of US employers say they plan to pay employees based on the location of remote workers for all jobs in 2021. Willis Towers Watson surveyed 344 organisations in North America with 4.83 million employees between October 6 and 21. About ...

Industry fund shifts service functions to Link

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
... service centre functions to Link Group. From 1 March 2021, Hostplus' contact centre, communications, complaints and employer servicing functions will transition to Link Group and housed under the Hostplus Service Excellence Centre (HSEC). The internal ...

Super sneaks back to $3tn in assets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... contributions also took a hit, bringing in $23.3 billion down 1.8% compared to the previous year. However, APRA said employer contributions were buoyed by JobKeeper payments and increased by 4.1%. Benefit payments for the September 2020 quarter of $33.9 ...

SG rise no real benefit to women: Review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... system." Other suggestions put forward by stakeholders included: removing the $450-a-month threshold; paying super on both employer parental leave and government parental leave pay; disclosing super balances in retirement and increased support for lower-income ...