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On Campus Financial Adviser Day

Tuesday 4 August - 55 Broadway

New and current employees are encouraged to seek advice relating to their own personal circumstances. Stephen Brereton and Stephen Henshall are UniSuper Advisers visiting UWA campus for individual appointments. To book an appointment please contact 1300331685 or email [email protected]

Women & Super - Bridging the Gap (webinar)
Tuesday  4 August – online – 11am (duration 1 h)
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Research shows that women face unique challenges when it comes to retirement savings. They tend to have less super than men for many different reasons, including career breaks and time out of the workforce for to raise families, making it more difficult to build a reasonable amount of super. This session is suitable for women of all ages who would like to develop a better understanding of financial matters and be more active in managing their retirement savings. The webinar will cover issues such as:

• Understanding the retirement gap and the factors that contribute to it
• Easy and free steps to close the gap
• Ways to boost your super, including taking advantage of government incentives
• Examples of how we’ve helped members close the gap

UniSuper101 - An introduction (seminar)

Thursday 6 August – Webb Lecture Theatre – 12:30pm (duration 1h)
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UniSuper offers flexible products for new and existing members to choose from. This seminar seeks to introduce (primarily) new employees to the basic fund offering, including details of the defined benefit option versus accumulation alternative. Issues covered by this seminar include:

• Membership categories
• Insurance options
• Contributions overview
• Investment options
• Benefits of UniSuper

Retirement Planning & Centrelink (webinar or seminar)

Wednesday 19 August – online – 11am (duration 1h)
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Thursday 20 August – Webb Lecture Theatre – 12:30pm (duration 2h)
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This presentation combines the Retirement Planning seminar with additional information on Centrelink. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear about key retirement planning and Centrelink issues including:

• Accessing superannuation benefits
• Retirement income streams
• Estate planning considerations
• Centrelink in detail
• Treatment of superannuation pension and lump sums against the Age Pension

On-campus consultant at 55 Broadway – Tricia Bailly

Tricia Bailly is available every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. To book an appointment simply email [email protected]

UniSuper on-campus consultant will be able to:

• help answer general questions about UniSuper forms or paperwork
• provide information about your UniSuper membership
• explain how to set up access to your UniSuper account online
• help you understand super contributions and caps
• give general information about UniSuper’s products and services
• explain various topics, such as how you can make additional voluntary contributions, salary sacrifice contributions or combine your different super accounts

UniSuper Consultative Committee – UWA staff representatives

If any employees wish to send feedback, ask question or raise concern with UWA superannuation fund UniSuper, they can contact their representatives:

Academic Staff Representative

Stuart Bunt

Phone 6488 2983

Email [email protected]

Professional and General Staff Representative

Celine Gaudin

Phone 6488 7186

Email [email protected]

A link to all UniSuper seminars and webinars is available on the HR website mainpage (under the announcements section) - the tile is linked to the dedicated page for UWA employees on UniSuper website.