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Super potential underrated by Aussies

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... focused on shorter term financial goals such as owning a home or new car." According to the research, the rising cost of living was the main issue for their savings with Baby Boomers also more likely to blame the GFC, while Gen Y and X were most likely ...

'Twinflation' makes real asset investment popular

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... continuing urbanisation and industrialisation puts prices on commodities and energy, putting pressure on food prices and cost of living which makes government react with subsidies and other forms of fiscal accommodation. "These two sectors reinforce ...

Politicians spar over future of superannuation guarantee

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... opposition says any increase would affect low- and middle-income earners who could better spend the money on their cost of living or paying down their mortgage. Minister Shorten also called for the Coalition to respond to the Henry Review recommendations ...

Cost of living outpacing retirement incomes

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
Retirement incomes need to grow by $600 per year to comfortably keep pace with rising costs of living, new figures have confirmed. Costs climbed by 1.3% in the March quarter this year from the December quarter 2010, according to the Association of Super ...

Tightrope walker

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... a month prior. The British Statistician also has a measure called the Retail Price Index used to calculate the cost of living. On this gauge, Britons' cost of living sped to an annual rate of 5.5 per cent - the highest since July 1991 -- from 5.1 per ...

Sentiment slips on oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... spending worth more than US$11 billion. This includes higher disbursements for social welfare (including a 15 percent cost of living allowance for government workers), jobs creation, housing and education. Now why would anyone want to protest against ...

Inflated inflation scare

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... prices was unfair. Adding that, "The Fed, like every other central bank, is powerless to prevent fluctuations in the cost of living and increases of individual prices. We do not produce oil. Nor do we grow food or provide health care... Emerging market ...

RSL calls for super revamp

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
... value over the six months October 2008 to March 2009, is still regarded as a credible measure of change in the real cost of living," he said. "The RSL has consistently argued that those who have served their nation in the Defence Force deserve to have ...

Super escapes budget knives

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
... the political win for pensioners has been so emphatic that the pension will now be indexed to a special retiree's cost of living measure which will see pensions lift each year much faster than ordinary wages. But this is where it gets risky for the superannuation ...

Fee-for-service cuts planner revenue

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
... founder of Elixir. "Clients are naturally more fee-sensitive in a downturn as they seek to reduce their overall cost of living," said Viskovic. Advice businesses most effected are those based on asset-linked fee revenue, however very few advisers had ...