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UBS wins pensions mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
... expected to save ACCESS about $8 million annually to the benefit of the $68 billion initiative's 900,000 members and 3000 employers. ACCESS Joint Committee chairman Andrew Reid said: "I am delighted we have started the process of pooling early with some ...

Beige Book report delivers known knowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
... Districts reporting flat to moderate increases. Labor markets were widely described as tight. Many Districts noted that employers were having difficulty finding qualified workers, particularly in construction, transportation, skilled manufacturing, and ...

Job openings in America

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017
... remain at their highest level since the boom times before the GFC - indicating workers' confidence in finding jobs. Employers are not letting their workers go either with the rate of layoffs and discharges also back to pre-GFC levels.

Members better off with equal representation: AIST

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... removal of the equal representation model from the legislation will remove the guaranteed voice of the members and of the employers, which currently ensures a balance in decision-making and a true understanding of the membership." She added while there ...

Pensioners to pay less at industry fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2017
... much as 12% from 1 October. Sunsuper manages about $46 billion in funds for more than one million members and 90,000 employers.

Less than half pass CFA exam

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
... members are male. Data from the CFA Institute also shows the four major banks and Macquarie Group to be the top CFA employers in Australia. The Commonwealth Bank of Australia employs the largest group of CFAs (124), followed by NAB (95), Macquarie Group ...

Superannuation gets another makeover

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
... Annual Member Meetings and a portfolio holdings disclosure regime. A legal loophole being used by some unscrupulous employers to short-change workers of their full superannuation guarantee entitlements will also be closed. APRA's powers to regulate funds ...

Xenophon team introduce unpaid super Bill

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... to strengthen the superannuation system by allowing employees to effectively track super contributions by requiring employers to provide notice when contributions are made, and "a direct legal avenue to recover unpaid superannuation." Trustees of superannuation ...

Intervention from trustees can address unpaid super: IFS

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
... critical to addressing the unpaid super gap according to Industry Fund Services. The service provider has called out employers for underpaying Australian workers $17.1 billion in compulsory super entitlements from 2009 to 2015 and said that trustees ...

Experienced executives chasing fintechs, start-ups

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2017
One of the biggest challenges facing financial services employers is the ability to motivate and retain key talent, meaning development and progression planning programs must become more structured. This is the view of digital, sales and marketing recruitment ...