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New faces to lead financial services policy reform

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... a great privilege to serve on the frontbench. "In each and every ministry from Financial Services to Employment and Workplace Relations, from Small Business and Tourism to Treasurer, I have sought to do my very best for the people of Australia." Arthur ...

Intra-fund advice can be improved: WSSA

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
Workplace Super Specialists Australia (WSSA) chief executive Douglas Latto believes more can be done to improve intra-fund advice for superannuation members in a system that is currently reactive and lacking penetration. Speaking at the inaugural WSSA ...

SelectingSuper CompareOnline enhances research depth

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... products, Page added that SelectingSuper CompareOnline now spans more than 220 retirement products in addition to 300 workplace and personal products. Data within SelectingSuper CompareOnline can be accessed through the system itself or is available ...

Industry fund advice on the rise

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... hard to make sure that members have access to affordable financial advice. The 19 funds we surveyed ran almost 18,000 workplace seminars and 16,000 general seminars and webinars in the last year alone. "The average age of members receiving advice was ...

Long term super fund returns approach record levels

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... meanwhile more than twice inflation. This super fund returns strength is reinforced by the fact that over 95% of MySuper or Workplace default options posted 10%-plus returns for the 3 years ending June 2015 while the 2014-15 financial year is the sixth ...

Older workers are the future

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... also be twice as many people over 65 and four times as many over 85. In 1974/5 there were more than seven people in the workplace for every over 65. Today it's a little under five and by 2055 there will be just 2.7 workers for each person over 65. "This ...

ANZ addressing women's financial futures

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
ANZ has launched a range of new measures aiming to address gender equality in the workplace, recognising there is more to be done in addressing the issue. From today ANZ will make annual top-up superannuation payments of $500 to permanent and fixed-term ...

Financial services fail to share mental health data

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
Two-thirds of listed financial services companies are failing to disclose important data for measuring employee mental health against wider standards. According to a new report by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), only a third ...

AIA renews commitment with SuperFriend

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
... significant trials in this space to establish the key principles essential for successful intervention and management of workplace illness and injury, particularly mental health," AIA Australia chief executive Damien Mu said. Over the last year, AIA ...

Superannuation specialist joins Catholic Super

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
... Catholic Super said Muller's extensive experience and knowledge includes financial planning, relationship management, workplace superannuation education, personal insurance, trustee secretarial services/corporate governance and end to end sales. She ...