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Goldman Sachs defends reputation after scathing NY Times op-ed

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... louder than the regular, detailed and intensive feedback you have provided the firm and independent, public surveys of workplace environments." Goldman Sachs pointed to a recent survey which voted Goldman Sachs as one of the best places to work in the ...

APRA MySuper changes burden for industry

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2012
... trustees," BTFG wrote. "The proposed approval process will limit the ability of funds to respond flexibly to differing workplace needs and will reduce competitive pressure within the superannuation industry," the submission held. The 180-day period the ...

MySuper regulations fundamentally flawed

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... increase and service levels decrease, particularly for fund members in some trusts. An explicit fee to be negotiated at a workplace level in response to the level of services required by members is the preferred solution of the CSSA. The Stronger Super ...

In superannuation, bigger can be better but not always

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
... beat the market average. Dunnin said the research analysed rolling returns over 1, 5 and 10 years to end June 2011 for workplace not-for-profit super fund default investment options. Retail funds weren't included in the analysis as trustees in these ...

Industry welcomes Shorten's promotion

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
... link between the success and the operation of our financial services sector, our superannuation system, and indeed our workplace and employment systems," said Shorten. However he was adamant that financial services wouldn't be neglected with the widening ...

New RBA deputy governor named

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... Children and Youth. She is a member of a number of national policy setting and consultative groups including the National Workplace Relations Consultative Committee, Infrastructure Australia, Skills Australia and the Prime Minister's Taskforce on Manufacturing. ...

PM: Labor taking reform road on super

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
Prime Minister Julia Gillard told attendees at the Labour Union Co-operative Retirement Fund (LUCRF) community partnership trust launch in Sydney on Friday that the rise in the SG and abolition of the age cap would change peoples' futures. Pointing ...

MySuper Mythconceptions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... to compete this way aren't even required to do so as MySuper is only required if the promoter wants to offer default workplace funds, a section of the market which makes up only a small proportion of the retail superannuation market anyway.

MySuper rings alarm for Corporate Super

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
... that happens, corporate super specialists will obviously have to withdraw their proactive financial services from the workplace. What will that mean? It will mean more Australians will lose, rather than gain, interest in their retirement savings," said ...

ASIC investigations lead to charges, interim orders

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... to more than 10 fraud charges, but guilty to a charge of dishonestly using his position as an employee at his former workplace. Jonathan Kur, who was an authorised representative for Hogan and Partners Stockbrokers Pty Ltd, appeared in court last week ...