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AusFIN calls for 'fairer outcomes'

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... Financial Integrity Network (AusFIN) is made up of various bodies including industry heavyweights, the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), consumer body CHOICE and the Industry Super Network (ISN). The network also counts the Consumer Action Law ...

Lower fees or lose advantage: ACTU

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... losing one of their key competitive advantages over retail funds. Tim Lyons, assistant secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions said one of the top challenges facing the not-for-profit sector is driving down fee costs. "I think many of those ...

Super back in the spotlight

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
... new for Australia. The superannuation system as we know it was borne out of an agreement between the Australian Council of Trade Unions and the Hawke Government in 1986, whereby the ACTU sought a three per cent superannuation contribution from employers ...

New board directors for HESTA

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
... Prue Power, executive director of the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association; and Tim Lyons, Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), assistant secretary. The fund's new chair is Angela Emslie - a HESTA board member since 1994 - and the deputy ...

Coalition against commissions

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2009
A coalition of industry bodies, including CHOICE, Industry Super Network and the Australian Council of Trade Unions, has launched a national advertising campaign targeting regulatory reform that abolishes commission-based remuneration for planners. ...

Unions attack retirement age change

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
... and general secretary of the CMFEU, told ABC Radio this morning. Sharan Burrows, secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), said by the time workers reach 65 years they are already physically "broken". Treasurer Wayne Swan said the government ...

AvSuper unlikely to follow govt fund mergers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
... corporate and retail super funds. However, its parent organisations include the non-profit association Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) and government-owned group Air Services Australia. AvSuper has more than 5,000 members and more than $1 billion ...

ACTU renews call for 15 per cent SGC

The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) secretary Greg Combat has called for an increase in the superannuation guarantee contribution from its current 9 per cent to 15 per cent. Citing expected increases in the number of aged Australians in the ...

FPA concerned over misleading advertising about Choice

... superannuation fund members." The professional body has also moved to allay the fears expressed by the Australian Council of Trade Unions that choice of fund could lead to mis-selling and churning. Kelly says, "Stringent regulatory requirements on financial ...

ACCI rejects ACTU's redundancy pay plans

... Industry (ACCI) will this week show the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (ASIC) how the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) plans to massively increase redundancy costs that will cripple many small and medium businesses, weaken job security ...
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