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Labor strengthens economic equality initiatives

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... maximum rates by 15%, costing about $2.7 billion over five years in order alleviate cost-of-living pressures. To ease the housing affordability crisis, Labor will increase the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation's liability cap by ...

Wealth inequality divides Australia: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023
... "Not owning a home has large implications - particularly as a driver of income poverty in older age and on stability of housing and associated social outcomes," the research found. Furthermore, declining home ownership rates across the population will ...

LongView launches shared equity fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2023
LongView has launched a new fund that aims to help solve Australia's housing affordability crisis by co-investing alongside homebuyers. The LongView Shared Equity Fund co-invests with would-be homeowners via shared equity in which LongView also helps ...

Adviser complaints rise, super complaints decrease

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2023
... highest number of complaints (18.2%). This is followed by complaints about deposit taking or payment systems (17.8%), housing finance (8.8%), consumer loans (8.7%), credit cards (7.6%), superannuation account administration (4.7%) and derivatives or ...

Government divulges vision for superannuation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 APR 2023
... various countries, like Canada, Denmark, and Singapore, are actively seeking to invest in Australia's infrastructure, housing, commercial property, and healthcare sectors. In response, he remarked, "It's a bit weird, isn't it? If we're ...

Treasury urged to consider housing in super objective

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 APR 2023
... at the bigger picture view of what retirement is and will become as our population ages and home ownership rates drop. Housing must be a central consideration of a successful retirement, it said, adding that the Retirement Income Review enforced the ...

Long pause likely from RBA: Economist

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023
... down and that the tightening they've already delivered is having an effect on the consumer. It's been cooling the housing market for some time now and we think a lot of those effects are yet to flow through." In the lead-up to the May meeting ...

Investor education combats emotions: Experts

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2023
... Additionally, he said that for individuals under 45, superannuation for retirement typically takes a back seat to concerns like housing, family, and daily expenses, resulting in lower member engagement. Engaging members To strike a chord with members ...

Super funds have the power to make change: Advocates

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... going up then to have a decent retirement the income becomes the means to that end." Colvin said investing in affordable housing is one way to help achieve a decent retirement standard for more Australians. "Your members need to be able to have money ...

Giving hope: Recent regulatory wins

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... initiatives aimed at addressing the gender pay gap, enhancing access to paid parental leave and childcare, and affordable housing. The introduction of the Workplace Gender Equality Amendment (Closing the Gender Pay Gap) Bill 2023 requires employers with ...