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Removal of super from awards top priority: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has called for superannuation to be taken out of the modern awards system, a move it believes would improve competition among super funds and ultimately benefit members. In its submission to the government discussion ...

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STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... Services Licence (AFSL). We also investigate the calls from some sectors of the industry to take superannuation out of the modern awards system and in our profile interview we speak to ex-Wallaby captain and chief executive of Centric Wealth Kearns. ...

BT reveals post-awards strategy

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... 30,000 employers via Westpac's business bank should the government proceed with its plan to take superannuation out of modern awards. Vicki Doyle, head of corporate and retail super at BT, told Financial Standard taking super out of awards would open ...

Pressure mounts on super in modern awards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
MLC and BT have called on the Fair Work Commission (FWC) to delay its four yearly review of the default fund terms of modern awards until after the government has completed its own review into the issue. The call is part of a larger campaign led by ...

BT announces upgrades to ageing Wrap platform

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... and transactional capabilities to customers and advisers. The 'simplified and consolidated' product set will be built on modern infrastructure to better meet the needs of customers. Cooper said the updated platform is built for the new regulatory environment ...

FSC slams 'closed shop' super awards rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has urged the government to take superannuation out of modern awards, arguing that the Fair Work Commission (FWC) has no role in determining which funds can be default employer funds. Under the current system, super ...

Bravura to administer TAL super software

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
... Gillespie, Chief Information Officer, TAL said: "We selected Sonata as it provides a single, unified platform built in modern technology onto which we can consolidate multiple lines of business," TAL chief information officer David Gillespie said. He ...

Resolution Capital celebrates 10-year anniversary

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014
... London, Paris, Hong Kong and Tokyo and contain some of the world's leading shopping centres, premium office buildings, modern industrial logistics parks, as well as apartments, storage facilities and hotels. "The property portfolios in which we invest ...

Law must change on corporate actions automation: DST

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013
... the share registry. It's hard to automate when you've still got to send faxes. "The legislation hasn't kept pace with the modern world. The industry is lobbying. There is a corporate actions working group run by the Australian Custodial Services Association." ...

ISA and FSC clash over super in awards debate

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013
... by Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos yesterday. By opening up the process - and potentially doing away with super in modern awards altogether - the government said it hoped to increase competition and transparency. But Industry Super Australia (ISA) ...