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Default super in modern awards justified: Cbus

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... in which members work, results in better-tailored products and justifies the continued support of default super funds in modern awards, according to Cbus. The super fund for the building and construction industry used its submission to the current enquiry ...

Member interests and employer choice paramount

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... contribution members, except where this results in an employer paying twice, if default funds continue to be listed in Modern Awards that conflicted parties should be prohibited from intervening in applications by other funds wanting to be included in ...

Former minister joins Cbus

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
... from politics. "As Treasurer, Mr Dawkins was responsible for both the SGC and SIS legislation, which together underpin the modern superannuation system of compulsory contributions as well as industry superannuation funds," said a Cbus statement announcing ...

HFT and dark pools keep ASIC on its toes

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
High frequency trading and dark pools are the biggest issues of contention in the Australian Securities and Investment Commission's extended consultation process on market integrity rules, according to one industry expert. Australian Securities and ...

Default super inquiry receives positive response

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
... "transparent and objective" criteria by which to assess super funds that want to be given default fund status within the modern awards. These would be reviewed on an ongoing basis to ensure members best interests' are represented in relation to their ...

Wolf, wolf

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... know of only one "downturn so severe it would eclipse the chaos that followed the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008" in modern economic history, and it was the Great Depression of the 1930s and thank goodness I wasn't still around to experience the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
Australian shares had held on to their slight opening gains at noon, led by defensive sectors such as healthcare and consumer staples. At 1225 AEDT on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 24.8 points, or 0.6 per cent, at 4253.4, while the broader ...

Ripoll defends FOFA integrity

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
... When the topic of continuing to use disclosure instead of opt-in, Ripoll said relying on disclosure is not relevant in the modern advice industry. "Opt-out sounds great but the reality is people can't opt-out, they don't know how and in many cases they ...

Strong leadership essential to face superannuation challenges

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... Foreign Minister Alexander Downer praised the country's management of retirement income as "one of the great successes of modern Australia". " It's been complex, its often been unpopular... thinking back to the mid 80s with the introduction of the assets ...

Infra transport spending to jump 123%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011
Australian transport infrastructure spending is tipped to more than double to $41 billion over the next decade, but that is still only an estimated 6% of the nation's infrastructure backlog. Property specialists CBRE have just released a report detailing ...