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Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... Bank's report into SMSF sector is due out and the Financial Services Council and Commonwealth Bank release a study on older workers. In equities news, iiNet has a scheme meeting for a vote on the proposed TPG takeover, Atlas Iron is expected to release ...

SMSF Association launches accreditation

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
The SMSF Association has launched an accreditation program for financial services workers willing to know the basics of self-managed super funds (SMSFs). The SMSF Practitioner (SSP) program is a practical, foundation-based SMSF designation aimed at ...

Adviser Ratings provides planner endorsements

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... platform who receive 35 or more positive reviews, so the incentive is there for planners to reach out to their peers and co-workers to endorse them." Adviser Ratings also recently moved into providing financial education services in partnership with ...

Round and round we go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... previous month, it was pulled up by the increase in the participation rate from 64.7% in May to 64.8 - an indication of workers' optimism over finding a job. The improvement in the labour market is consistent with the lead from the ANZ job ads survey ...

Bank glitch delays government super payments

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
... arrangements that provide priority to these payments," the CSC continued. The delays affected former Australian public service workers and Defence Force pension payments. "Our bank has advised that they are completely focused on having all payments processed ...

ACT government fund appoints First State Super

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
First State Super has been reappointed default fund for ACT Government workers following a tender process. First State Super has been the default fund for the ACT Government since 2006, when it was awarded a tender for a period of five years, which ...

Lift preservation age to 65, save $7bn annually

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... while also saving about $7 billion pa by 2055 in net recurrent fiscal outlays. Employment participation rates for older workers will obviously increase - the PC estimates by about 2%. The fiscal savings are due mainly to higher aggregate tax receipts ...

Infrastructure allocations up 14% in two years

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... dam infrastructure. "Driving down the costs of operating in the north and making it more attractive for investors and workers is key to realising the vision. Businesses tell us the top three factors they consider when contemplating expanding to regional ...

Over-reliant bank lending slows OECD economic growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... with low profitability; magnifying the cost of implicit guarantees for too-big-to-fail banks; drawing highly talented workers away from sectors with greater productive potential; and generating boom-bust cycles, the report said. The OECD statement said ...

Australians retiring young despite rising life expectancy

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... of health than the majority of OECD countries, the report's modelling found that nearly half (48%) of 40-54 Australian workers "in very good health" will likely "see a decline to fair or poor health by 2035." "The good news is that Australians are living ...