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TelstraSuper reduces admin fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024
... the monthly income benefit would be increasing effective April 4 from 85% to 87%. TelstraSuper said the superannuation guarantee benefit paid to member's accounts changing from 10% to 12% would mean most members with IP cover would pay a higher annual ...

Government dawdling on paid parental leave super: Greens

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024
... from July 1 this year. Earlier this month, the government announced that the PPL scheme will include superannuation guarantee contributions from next year, but only if it wins the next federal election in 2025. According to Larissa Waters, the leader ...

Taskforce suggests aged care funding be based on personal wealth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... individuals will have only modest superannuation balances when they are in their 80s and 90s," she said. "The Superannuation Guarantee going to 12% and there being no further widespread early release of superannuation, such as for housing deposits, will ...

'About bloody time': Industry responds to PPL super reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... children." "It's about bloody time. "A new generation of women who receive the full benefit of the Superannuation Guarantee payment on their government paid parental leave stand to add thousands to their retirement balances." Industry fund HESTA ...

Government to pay super on paid parental leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... the Albanese government has announced the Commonwealth Paid Parental Leave (PPL) scheme will include Superannuation Guarantee contributions from next year. In a major win for the super industry and Australian women, 12% superannuation contributions will ...

Annuities too expensive for most retirees: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024
... equivalent to the Age Pension would cost a retiree more than $500,000. In researching whether annuities could solve superannuation's need for better retirement income stream solutions, Rainmaker Information, supported by Plan for Life research, found ...

TelstraSuper sweetens parental leave policy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... superannuation fund is working to close the gender super gap among its employees, now paying the full-time Superannuation Guarantee to staff who return from parental leave on a part-time basis. As it stands, TelstraSuper offers 16 weeks' paid parental ...

SMC finds $38k nest egg boost for working mums

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024
... super during childcare is a significant contributing factor to the problem." Secondly, increasing the low-income superannuation tax offset (LISTO) so that workers earning up to $45,000 receive a full tax refund on their super guarantee (SG) contributions ...

Super funds lack data for effective retirement assistance: Study

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024
... income in their retirement income mix, compared to, at most, 8% today, representing $145 billion of additional superannuation balance for over two million members aged 55-74. "There is already a lot being done, and we all need to team up - the government ...

Australian Ethical FUM hits $9.67bn

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2024
... primarily driven by superannuation, reflecting continued customer growth and annuity-like net flows from superannuation guarantee contributions. However, managed funds recorded a modest net outflow of $7 million. "Australian Ethical is delighted to report ...
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