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IGR proves current welfare level is unsustainable: FSC

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... policy Zachary May said that "our prosperity will rely on the country's ability to produce more with relatively fewer workers." He noted that "the report did not examine one of the biggest opportunities - in the form of our national $2 trillion superannuation ...

Remove 10% rule for deductible contributions: SMSF Association

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... income superannuation contribution (LISC) to be maintained beyond 2017-18 to ensure equitable treatment for the lowest paid workers. "We opposed this policy announcement when it was made and still believe it's the wrong policy decision." Slattery added ...

Push to end US Congressional pensions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... of the bill, said, "I have said many, many times that Members of Congress should be treated more like ordinary American workers when it comes to compensation...and very few people these days get a pension."

Consumers need super default safety net: ISA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
... super funds argued that efforts to deploy competitive market forces in superannuation "have led to perverse outcomes." "Workers whose superannuation contributions were placed in workplace default funds have achieved better performance on average over ...

401(k) plans to reach $6trn by 2018

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... particularly within the private sector, 401(k) accounts will likely be the primary savings vehicles for a large portion of US workers. Asset managers are sharpening their focus on defined contribution investment-only (DCIO) opportunities, refining their ...

Advisers help construction workers build their wealth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
The end of the mining boom has sparked the need for construction workers to seek financial advice to build their wealth, with a number of financial planning firms already targeting them. "We're talking about people who are really busy all the time ...

Funds urge government to reject lift of super threshold

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
... to reject a proposal from the Board of Taxation to lift the superannuation payment threshold for low income and casual workers to $1,350 a quarter. The measure would mean that employees who earn less than $450 per month are ineligible for super contributions ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... vicious spiral in which businesses and households delay purchases, throttling demand and causing companies to lay off workers. Such concerns have fuelled speculation that the ECB could launch a program of sovereign bond purchases known as quantitative ...

One third of first home buyers are investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
... because more investors in that state have responded to the demand for rental housing by fly-in-fly-out resource industry workers in regional areas. However, an estimated 50,000 younger FHB entering the property market as investors during the last two ...

Oil price shock, nice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2015
... induced a US recession, a stock market crash, widening current account deficits for oil importers, petrol rationing, energy workers' strike, and so on. The second oil price shock (1978-79) sent crude skyrocketing from around US$16.00 to US$40.00 a barrel ...