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ISA slams super opt out proposal

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
Lower paid workers, mostly women and young people, would be left tens of thousands of dollars worse off in retirement if they were to opt out of Australia's superannuation system, Industry Super Australia (ISA) has said. According to News Corp reports ...

Funds under management to hit $8tr by 2035: research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
... will be much larger than $8 trillion if the government pushes through with the 12% to 15% Superannuation Guarantee (SG) figure proposed in recent years.

Life insurance profits leap 31pct

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
Life insurance net profits have jumped 30.9% to $3.2 billion in the 12 months to December 2015, according to the latest figures released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). Non-investment linked businesses contributed $2.3 billion ...

Death tax would save budget billions: Costello

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
The pre-budget cloud of ideas continues to thicken with Community Council for Australia chair Tim Costello advocating the federal government create an estate duty or death tax. Costello and the Council believe such a tax would generate more than $5 ...

Margin loans keep pace with shrinking customer-base

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
While the number of Australians using margin loans decreased by 4% in 2015 based on RBA figures, the total margin debt increased by 4%. In dollar terms, the average margin loan increased by 8% in 2015 to $180,000. What this indicates is the remaining ...

Those who want a job can get a job

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... US labour market points to with seemingly most Americans who want a job are getting jobs. While the headline employment figure disappointed market expectations for a 190K addition, it still added a total of 151K jobs last month, for an annual growth ...

Treasury revises cost of super tax concessions

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016
... according to the latest Treasury figures. Treasury released its 2015 Tax Expenditures Statement (TES) on Friday and showed its figure for super tax concessions, on a tax foregone basis, is now estimated at $29.8 billion for 2015-16. This is down from ...

It's "whatever it takes" time again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
Woe is us! Just as the European Central Bank (ECB) appears to be winning its fight against inflation, justifying its less-than-expected "go slow" on stimulus policy announcement last 3 December, crude oil comes along. Though minimal, latest Eurozone ...

Australian ethical investing continues rise

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
Interest in ethical investment is shaping to continue its rise during 2016 following the latest inflow figures from ASX-listed wealth manager Australian Ethical. Australian Ethical increased its funds under management (FUM) by 13% to more than $1.4 ...

Vanguard notches fourth successive year of record inflows

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
... up its fourth successive year of record inflows with US$256 billion ($372 billion) coming through its doors in 2015. The figure represents a 5.3% increase on the previous year's inflows. Vanguard's success is symptomatic of an ongoing trend away from ...