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Hiring continues but wage growth under pressure

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
The Royal Commission inquiry and the state of the property market has not dampened the financial services sector's positive hiring intentions over the next three months, recruitment firm ManpowerGroup says, but there are challenges. The finance, insurance ...

BlackRock and Microsoft develop retirement platform

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... provide US workers with a lifetime of income in retirement. The firm said the new products would be accessible through the employer workplace savings plans offered to US workers. The two firms believe retirement solutions have been "slow to keep pace" ...

ASIC to examine super fund and employer connections

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... the growing importance of retirement issues. In September last year Workplace Super Specialists Australia called for employer funds to be included in a best-in show list of recommended default funds proposed by the Productivity Commission. WSSA said ...

Advice dealer group, fintech align

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
A national financial advice licensee partnered with an innovative investment platform. Advisers licensed by Elders Financial Planning can now access Cashwerkz, a term deposit administration service and cash management platform. Advice clients can access ...

Member outreach boosts post-merger integration

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 JAN 2019
Equip Super's efforts to integrate its new members after a merger have paid off, rewarding the $15.2 billion super fund with a significant boost in member confidence. Equip recorded a 10% lift in confidence from Rio Tinto Staff Superannuation Fund ...

Super funds edge towards a flat 2018

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 27 DEC 2018
... top of the MySuper/Default performance tables when it mattered. In the 12 months to 31 October 2018, the First Super Employer - Balanced option came out on top, returning 8.1%. Next was Media Super - Balanced and Statewide Super - MySuper, both returning ...

Super fund and advice group create alliance

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 20 DEC 2018
An $8 billion industry superannuation fund recently established a partnership with a national financial planning group to expand its advice service to members. Statewide Super and Elders Financial Planning have formed the alliance to expand the super ...

Former Paradice managers launch LIT

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... manager and co-founder Andrew Mitchell said is aimed at getting the right structure for long-term returns. "At our old employer we had a closed-ended structure in 2007-2011, people didn't want to pull out their money and we were able to deploy the ...

Labor pledges tougher unpaid super penalties

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... deserve the same strong protections as any other workplace right," he wrote. Bowen said: "Currently unpaid or underpaid employer superannuation contributions are a debt owed to the Australian Taxation Office, rather than the worker. Unless there is a ...

$300k makes advice worthwhile: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
... value customers and how to get them more involved in a topic of little interest to them,' Morris said. "With the employer generally being the major channel for obtaining wealth management products, due to the dominance of superannuation, it is unlikely ...