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Innova backs using leverage in super for housing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024
... also need to consider new ways to accumulate wealth, including through superannuation." Recent Australian Bureau of Statistics data revealed that nationwide, the average price of residential dwellings rose by $14,300 or 1.5% to $959,300, during the quarter. ...

What's keeping the Treasurer up at night?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2024
... its highest level in two years, and progress on inflation has slowed in the US." Last night, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the annual inflation rate slowed to 3.3% in May 2024, beating forecasts of 3.4%. Despite this progress, inflation ...

Super pool jumps to $3.9tn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2024
... $3.9 trillion, jumping 11.3% at the end of March despite the number of APRA-regulated funds shrinking. The latest APRA statistics show that a wave of contributions drove the momentum as well as investments returning 10.9% p.a. Across the sectors, industry ...

Financial services workers eye earlier retirement

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024
... financial services intend to retire earlier compared to the average worker, new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reveals. Men who work in the finance and insurance industries intend to retire at 64 years old while women plan to do ...

Budget 2024: Government heeds industry calls to better support women

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... healthcare for women across the course of their lives, including training for GPs to provide better menopause care. Recent statistics from ASFA show women who are unable to continue working during menopause and are forced to retire around five years ...

Australians need $1.6m for comfortable retirement: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024
... money (80%). This is despite the reality that Australians' life expectancy lengthens. The Australian Bureau of Statistics estimates that men's life expectancy has reached 81.2 years for males and 85.3 years for females. Seventy percent of retirees ...

Australian housing crisis escalates as affordability worsens

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
... to Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) senior economists. The economists pointed out that Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data from February revealed a significant decline in building approvals to an annualised rate of 150,000, with a marked ...

MetLife enhances employee benefits package

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024
... designed to support a more inclusive workplace. Following consultation with its employee-led DEI Committee and reviewing statistics from the Diversity Council Australia and its own survey on employee benefits trends, MetLife is now offering three new ...

Retirement saving, investing daunting for women: Surveys

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2024
... of confidence to talk about money matters with their partners, friend circles and so on." "But, if you look at the statistics... if and when women do actually invest, they're better investors than men in terms of the returns they generate on average. ...

Simple strategies to overcome gender super gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... that the median total remuneration gender pay gap stands at 19% - or $18,461 per annum tilted in favour of men. The statistics confirm that progress is being made for women in the workplace, but women still routinely earn less than men when performing ...