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Super gender gap widens for NSW women: ISA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... gap has narrowed over the last 40 years, according to the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS). In 1981, average weekly earnings for a man working full-time was $311 (the equivalent of $1,238 in 2019), compared to $241 ($959 in 2019) for a woman ...

Chief economist update: Bank of Canada walks the talk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
... overnight rate, reinforced and supplemented by the Bank's quantitative easing (QE) program. Effective the week of April 26, weekly net purchases of Government of Canada bonds will be adjusted to a target of $3 billion. This adjustment to the amount ...

Chief economist update: Australians all let us rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... during the first half of March, prior to the end of JobKeeper on 28 March. "The April Labour Force release, along with weekly payroll jobs data, will show the state of the labour market after the end of JobKeeper." Perhaps the 'Labour Force, Australia' ...

AMP launches super podcast

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2021
... is out now, looks at the history and evolution of Australia's superannuation system with the remaining episodes released weekly. "Unfortunately, many of us still leave it too late to properly engage with our super and miss out on taking full advantage ...

Spirit Super drops fees after merger

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
Tasplan and MTAA Super's $23 billion merged fund, Spirit Super, has reduced the weekly administration fees for members by 13.4%. Effective today, the administration fees are reducing from $1.50 per week to $1.30 per week. The merged fund has also ...

LGIAsuper overhauls insurance, closes product

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
... will increase. From 1 May 2021, members declared blue collar will see their TPD cover premium increase from $1.32 to $1.52 weekly per unit. White collar members will have their TPD insurance premium increased from $1.02 to $1.17 weekly per unit of cover. ...

MTAA Super increases premiums amid merger

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
... protection costs will be calculated as an annual cost per $100 of Spirit Super members' monthly benefit amount, instead of a weekly cost in $250 units. Income protection with Spirit Super will be offered as a dollar benefit rather than in units of cover. ...

RIR reveals bleak financial upside for disabled people

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... the profound disparity in income that exists between disabled and non-disabled people pre-retirement. In 2018, the median weekly income of people aged 15-64 with disability was $505, compared with $1016 for people with no reported disability. The more ...

Industry fund introduces tax incentive

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... super fund will switch to daily unit pricing from December 1. Investment switches will be processed daily, rather than weekly and will be free of charge. Australian Administration Services is the fund administrator.

Industry fund slashes admin fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... global business process specialist Tech Mahindra as its back-office administrative platform provider. "We introduced a weekly fee in July 2019, at the same time as we reduced our variable administration fee, to make our structure for administration costs ...