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Raise preservation age with some exceptions: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... exhaust their superannuation before they are eligible for the Age Pension. "Australia experienced a revolution in the workplace which allowed the participation rate for women to increase from 45 per cent to 59 per cent over 30 years. We need a similar ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

Businesses offered $10k to hire over-50s

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... suggests cash bonuses don't work in isolation. We need a suite of measures that tackle community attitudes, promote workplace flexibility and remove the legal barriers to employment that mature age people face," he said.

ISA and FSC prepare for Federal Court clash

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... Services Council (FSC) and Industry Super Australia (ISA) looks likely over the Fair Work Commission's (FWC) involvement in workplace superannuation. The FSC yesterday lodged an application with the Federal Court of Australia challenging the validity ...

'Choice' dashboard, portfolio disclosure delayed to 2015

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... in March this year announcing it will delay introduction of some of its new data collections associated with choice workplace super funds. Criticism of portfolio disclosure has meanwhile gathered pace as more global investment managers and administrators ...

Super on track for double-digit year

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
The SelectingSuper Workplace rolling 12 month default option index dampened slightly during March to return 12.6%, pointing to 2013-14 being on-track to be another double-digit performance year. The March 12 month performance figure is, however, down ...

Brogden reveals thinking behind FWC legal challenge

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
The Financial Services Council's (FSC) decision to challenge the constitutional basis of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) Expert Panel in the Federal Court is part of a strategy to "damage the credibility of the process", FSC chief executive John Brogden ...

Future Fund and super returns on par

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... Future Fund has achieved rolling 3 year returns of about 9.5% pa, putting the de facto sovereign wealth fund on par with workplace super funds when the Future Fund's tax-free and member-free status is taken into account. The $98 billion Future Fund has ...

FSC and ISA clash over super and awards

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
The Financial Services Council's (FSC) request to review the constitution of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) expert panel on super and awards has met with opposition from Industry Super Australia (ISA). The FSC questioned the validity of the FWC expert ...

Portfolio disclosure's unintended consequences

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... Rainmaker expects will be worth an estimated $600 billion in 2017 and which is set to become the central core of the workplace super market, will begin to be implemented from June this year. But a growing proportion of managers of alternative assets ...