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Retirement costs keep rising: ASFA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... our lifestyles had a big impact on demand and prices right across the economy but for at least some categories of expenditure there is a return to something closer to normal." ASFA said despite the gradual return to "normal" it found retiree lifestyles ...

Fifth pillar in retirement system considered

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... improve retirement income equity relative to working life. "Social transfers in kind (such as health and aged care expenditure) provide substantial support to retirees," it said. "The cost of social transfers in kind attributed to households aged 65 ...

Homeowners given preferential treatment: RIR

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... Pension, Commonwealth Rent Assistance is more targeted to lower-wealth households," it said. "About 20% of Age Pension expenditure goes to the top two wealth quintiles, while close to 90% of Commonwealth Rent Assistance expenditure goes to the bottom ...

Hume scrutinises super fund spend

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... companies to disclose this information to shareholders", she said. Providing detailed information about super funds' expenditure, donations to political parties, peak bodies and affiliates like unions, marketing expenditures, sporting sponsorships ...

Chief economist update: Not out of the woods

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
The US has reversed its biggest economic contraction in history with the sharpest recovery on record. The US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported that the country's GDP increased at annualised rate of 33.1% in the September 2020 quarter following ...

Through good and bad: Advisers add value

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
Despite COVID-19 volatility, financial advisers have managed to deliver value of 5.2% or more each year to clients, according to new research. It's the key finding of Russell Investments' Value of an Adviser Report for 2020, saying this is the case ...

Proposed changes ahead for APRA's heatmaps

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... parliament, the 'Your Future, Your Super' package will shine a brighter light on fund performance and trustees' expenditure decisions, and help members make better informed decisions about who is looking after their retirement savings," she ...

Chief economist update: Budget me this Batman

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
... Budget. There might be precious few worrying about the implications of the Morrison government's historic fiscal expenditure - amounting to 11% of GDP this fiscal year -- on the nation's debt - that would reach more than a trillion A-dollars ...

Chief economist update: Splish splash, budget cash

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
... Budget 2020-21 papers reveal, the government would need less deficit spending - tax cuts, business incentives, welfare expenditure - in the coming years as this year's budget reverses a predicted economic contraction of 1.5% this year to an expansion ...

Frydenberg focusses on jobs, jobs, jobs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... Federal budget. Assistance for people with disabilities was the second largest social security expense at $56 billion. Expenditure on the National Disability Insurance Scheme was estimated at $23.4 billion (an additional $3.9 billion in spending on last ...