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Swiss say no to universal basic income

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
Swiss voters have overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to give their entire population enough money to live on. A projection provided to the public broadcaster RTS said 78% had voted against the scheme, which would see all Swiss citizens, along with foreigners ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
... soon" tune that it's been singing over the past few weeks on the back of a single month's weak employment outcome. Fair enough. Then again, the Labour Market Conditions Index (LMCI) -- Fed's own measure of labour market conditions that summarises 19 ...

Super gap concerns plaguing over 50s

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... Australian's are increasingly worried about the retirement savings gap, with one in three women believing they'll have "far from enough to retire one", compared to one in five men. MLC's latest Wealth Sentiment Survey the quarterly survey of over 2,000 ...

Self-employed missing super savings

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... self-employed have a lot less super savings than employees who are paid the Superannuation Guarantee, with many unlikely to have enough funds to enjoy a comfortable lifestyle throughout retirement. "Business assets such as financial, shares or investment ...

Westpac prices climate bond at $500m

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... capacity of approximately 800MW, and are capable of producing an estimated 2400 gigawatt hours of energy per annum. That is enough power for around 450,000 average Australian households, avoiding approximately two million tonnes of carbon emissions per ...

Aussies unsure about super contributions

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... Australians are unsure about what age they can access their super, and the same percentage are unsure whether they will have enough super when retiring. Sunsuper customer experience and insights executive general manager Teifi Whatley said the results ...

Australia tanks in global dividend index

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... Emerging markets also struggled and although Q1 is small in terms of dividend payments a large increase from India was not enough to offset big cuts in Brazil. Emerging market dividends fell 16.9% on an underlying basis.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... Economics' latest PMI surveys. The flash composite PMI slipped from 53.0 in April to 52.9 in May - a slight slip but that was enough to take the index's level down to a 16-month low and below expectations of 53.2. The flash manufacturing PMI fell to ...

New retirement income calculator more accurate than ever

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
... retirement income calculator in a bid to help Australians understand how to reduce their reliance on the age pension and build enough wealth to live comfortably in retirement. According to Mortgage Choice chief executive John Flavell, the calculator ...

Public sector retirees still seek answers

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
... that some retirees are suffering considerable and apparently unanticipated financial hardship." ACPSRO said there has been enough time for Centrelink systems to have accurate and easily accessed figures on the impact of the measure. ACPSRO has been waiting ...