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China to raise retirement age from 2025

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
... least 20 years to access payments. An ageing and decreasing population is at the core of the decision, driven in part by the one child policy that ran from 1980 to 2015. As at 2022 end, China had a population of 1.42 billion; more than 500 million are ...

Growing super balances show more work to be done: ASFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
... retirement savings has never looked brighter," Delahunty added. The COVID-19 early release program is also a factor, with up to one million super accounts being left with less than $1000 in younger, lower-income workers' and single parents' accounts. ...

HAFF receives first round commitments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
... potentially deliver more than 13,700 social and affordable homes across the country. The preferred projects under funding round one will support investment of up to $9.2 billion in social and affordable housing, with the pipeline expected to deliver ...

Scams prevention framework consultation released

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
... would go a long way in reducing losses. "In this regard, the proposed legislation on a framework to prevent scams is a welcome one," Rao said. "While Australia is a small market, a giant step such as this may bring us closer to bigger players into the ...

ASIC updates super calculator relief instrument

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
... Following feedback from the industry, ASIC said all the submissions supported changing the default inflation rate. "While one submission recommended extending the transition period beyond 31 December 2024, based on our review of other submissions, we ...

HESTA lowers insurance fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
... practices" exclusion will soon cease. This is when a listed company that receives a corporate behaviour score of less than one, in addition to engaging in any "severe business ethics controversies" such as fraud, executive misconduct, corruption scandals ...

Pensioners to pay more under aged care reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
... and we hope that the legislation introduced today paves the way forward to achieve this. The government must ensure that no one is left behind and provide adequate funding for services to remain viable in all communities, especially in rural and regional ...

AI could see emerging markets flourish: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024
... markets resonate equally in emerging markets too." The statement is echoed by Varun Laijawalla, portfolio manager at Ninety One. "Companies that win in this environment are likely to look very different to technology leaders of the last cycle. These ...

Australians rank seventh globally for retirement confidence

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024
... longer than anticipated; 35% say they're worried retirement isn't an option. The current economic climate also has close to one in five (19%) Aussies believing that $1 million of savings is not sufficient to afford retirement. Further, 62% of Australians ...

Coalition's super on parental leave changes spark concerns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024
The Coalition plans to amend paid parental leave legislation to let parents opt for a one-off cash payment instead of superannuation contributions on government-funded paid parental leave. A joint statement from deputy leader of the opposition Sussan ...