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Super set for best year since 2007

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... points to 2012/13 being the best returns year since 2007. The upbeat assessment is contained in the latest SelectingSuper Workplace rolling 12 month default option index report that reveals funds delivered a whopping 15.7% for the year ended May, its ...

New Treasurer Bowen takes control of financial services and super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... Bradbury will assume the role of minister assisting for financial services and superannuation. Bill Shorten will retain his workplace relations portfolio, but has been promoted to school education minister, following his last minute support for Kevin ...

Shorten loses superannuation portfolio

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
Bill Shorten has retained his workplace relations portfolio but is no longer Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, following Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's announcement of his new cabinet. He has been given responsibility for school education ...

Insurers and super funds tackle costs of mental illness

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... it's an issue" "It is a unique foundation because the funding that we get to run our health promotion initiatives and workplace programs and so on comes from the group insurers - it's not a government-funded intitative," Lydon told Financial Standard. ...

AIST employee to take legal action over workplace dispute

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... is very supportive of working parents, as well as staff with other personal needs. "The company has a family-friendly workplace that accommodates a variety of flexible working arrangements, where possible within the business. We have in place parental ...

Fund manager dismisses super fund fee demands

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
... greater focus on fees in recent years. Rainmaker research shows that the total expense ration (TER) for the average workplace fund has fallen from 1.41% in 2008 to 1.38% in 2012. However, over the past 8 years, workplace super fees have actually increased. ...

Employers divided on internal social media effectiveness

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... global collaboration increases. "We believe that social media can be a great tool for communicating with employees in the workplace," Towers Watson global leader of Communication Consulting Kathryn Yates said. "By its nature, social media is designed ...

Super fund returns recovery rolls on

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
The recovery in super fund returns has continued apace in April 2013 as the SelectingSuper Workplace rolling 12 month default option index climbed again to 12.7%, its second highest level in three years. Explaining why rolling 12 month returns remain ...

UniSuper nearly ready to award $25m insurance contract

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
... McCredden said. According to a 2013 Rainmaker study UniSuper has the 22nd best default cover and has the 6th best overall workplace super insurance package. "We believe the review will allow us to continue simplifying and streamlining our insurance benefit ...

Niche mergers have their benefits

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
... he said, can be used to improve communications. As a result NGS Super has invested in better member services, such as workplace seminars, outreach programs and better staffed, longer-opening contact centres. For its teacher members, NGS now provides ...