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Chief economist update: Good jobs bad jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
Pop that cork! Roll out the barrels... the barrels of fun! The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest tracking of the labour market shows that we've got jobs and they're multiplying. Total employment grew by a greater-than-expected ...

Industry funds dominate member satisfaction

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... Productivity Commission's recommendation to create a list of 10 best-performing super funds as default options for new workers must take into account not just performance tables but also how members rate them. "The reason for including what fund members ...

Millions of Australian's suffering from financial stress: AMP

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... Australians, according to AMP. Releasing its Financial Wellness report this week, AMP said it found two in every five Australian workers faced financial stress during their careers, costing businesses billions of dollars. According to the report, the ...

Corporates can help solve retirement issue: BlackRock

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... their traditional leadership role For much of the 20th century, in many countries, employers had a responsibility to help workers navigate retirement but that changed with the shift from defined benefit to defined contribution plans, Fink said. "Nearly ...

PC calls for group insurance review

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
The Productivity Commission is calling for an independent public inquiry into group insurance and floated the possibility of tougher regulation that includes sharper ASIC oversight, among other recommendations. Recommendation 18 in the Productivity ...

Productivity Commission report puts banks first: ACTU

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... inevitably damage the performance of those funds. ACTU president and AustralianSuper alternate director Michele O'Neil said workers should always be represented in the superannuation system, and suggested future changes to super should involve expansion ...

Productivity Commission shakes up default superannuation

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... new super fund every time they change jobs and incidentally "clean up" the multiple accounts issue, the Commission wants workers to be defaulted once, if they do not have an existing super account and fail to make a choice of their own, it said. The ...

BlackRock and Microsoft develop retirement platform

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... investment products" the firm will design and manage. BlackRock said its new products would be designed to provide US workers with a lifetime of income in retirement. The firm said the new products would be accessible through the employer workplace savings ...

ASIC to examine super fund and employer connections

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... examine how employers determine which fund manager should assume responsibility for protecting the retirement savings of workers who do not nominate a specific superannuation fund. Last year, the Royal Commission heard of super funds incorrectly charging ...

Ausbil ESG strategy advances

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 JAN 2019
... something we've had a lot of positive feedback from, even internationally. If a company's business model relies on underpaid workers in the supply chain, it's not going to be sustainable over time," Carlsson-Sweeny said. Ausbil strongly supported the ...