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Shorten reins in employer involvement in default super

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... yesterday pointed to a joint submission to the Commission made by Treasury and the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) last week, which moves to rule out the provision that would allow employers to select an alternative ...

Fear for financial future reigns

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... also point to particular difficulty employee's experience - within the current economic climate -delivering sustainable workplace productivity. The study also shows that more than half (51%) of Australian employees are working longer hours and this trend ...

FINSIA calls on regulators for workplace diversity

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... Australasia calls on regulators to encourage companies to develop measurable objectives to assess their progress on workplace diversity and gender pay parity. The call for regulatory attention on these issues comes after the Financial Services Institute ...

40% of super funds gone by 2020:CoreData

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
... increasingly seeking. "Some funds are fortunate in that they have solid growth paths simply as a function of their industry and workplace growth, however others will be forced to acquire or merge if they want to remain competitive. "Smaller funds that ...

Super asset changes deliver positive return

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
The SelectingSuper workplace default option index rose slightly during June 2012, tipping super funds into positive territory for 2011-12 with an annual return of +0.5%. While sitting below inflation, the silver lining is in the contrast with the -7% ...

KiwiSaver 5 years going strong

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
KiwiSaver, New Zealand's opt-out default workplace superannuation scheme, has just had its fifth birthday and despite its early critics now has almost 2 million members and $A8.8bn in assets. KiwiSaver membership is equivalent to about two-thirds of ...

ISN releases super returns persistency report

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
... findings of Rainmaker research conducted several years ago that found persistency in market rankings of default options in workplace super funds. This latest research report was prepared by Deloitte Access Economics (DAE) which analysed raw returns in ...

Super fund returns almost flat

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
The SelectingSuper workplace default option index was almost flat during May 2012 posting 12 month returns of -0.4%. This is a considerable fall from April when rolling returns were close to 2%, thanks to a disastrous month on the Australian share market. ...

Wins and losses in PC default super report

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... funds and retail funds but complemented by set backs and gains that will have profound impacts on the nature of employer workplace super and how super funds are appointed. The core outcome of the report is that the PC has said the criteria APRA will ...

Childhood determines who rises to the top

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
While workplace discrimination and family demands are commonly blamed for the lack of female chief executives, research has found that it's childhood issues that are more to blame. The research findings were revealed by Dr Terrance Fitzsimmons, post-doctoral ...