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Super savings run out well before retirement: survey

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
The average retiree lives 17 years and their savings are expected to run out after only five, a new survey shows, proving yet again how most retirees are unprepared for life post-work, regardless of regulatory reforms. Analysis of the 2007 HILDA survey ...

SG lift costs super $700bn

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
The superannuation funds industry's celebrations over winning their battle for more SG would be more subdued if they factored in how the Henry Review's original tax reform proposals would have added an extra $700 billion to their coffers, reveals new ...

Super SA seeks member services director

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
Super SA is looking to hire a new director of finance and member services. Super SA, which provides superannuation services to South Australian public sector employees is searching for a director, finance & member services who will be responsible for ...

City Super appoints Gibson as CEO

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
The $1.4 billion City Super has appointed former head of ESI Super, Karen Gibson, as chief executive after Ian Prowse resigned. Gibson has been assisting City Super since October 2009 in the role of acting chief executive due to the ill health of the ...

Members star in Sunsuper ad campaign

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
Sunsuper has launched a new advertising campaign that will star its own members. The campaign also uses the famous tune of "Over the rainbow", according to a press statement. General manager, marketing and communications Teifi Whatley said the premise ...

Raising SG could impact regional companies

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2010
The Government's recent reforms to super is a win for working Australians - but the impacts of increased SG levels on small businesses in regional Australia is a major concern, argues Prime Super. The government's reforms to superannuation is a step ...

SG jump twice as bad as mining tax slug

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
The political focus might be on the government's $9 billion super profits tax slug on miners, but employer groups say lifting SG by one third will hit them twice as hard. "The superannuation levy increase is the biggest new taxing measure in the Government ...

Savings boost for GenX and GenY

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
The government's proposed reforms to compulsory super give financial planners more reason to look after their next generation of clients. The recommended SG lift from 9 per cent to 12 per cent by 2019/20 will, unfortunately, mean little for those who ...

Savings up, but not enough

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
Australians are heeding the message to save more, with new AMP research showing many are saving a greater portion of their income compared to overspending five years ago. New figures from the latest AMP.NATSEM Saving Tomorrow report noted Australians ...

Single-issue advice soars 59pc: ESI Super

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
Contrary to popular belief that Gen Yers are indifferent to their super savings, one super fund has recorded a 59 per cent jump in members seeking limited advice in the past three months. The fund recorded an increase in formal statements of advice ...