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Government retirement modelling leaves women behind: ISA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... super is not paid to an employee who earns less than $450 a month. "Women are far more likely to have multiple part-time jobs - which may all fall below the super contribution payment threshold. This threshold should be abolished," it said. A recent ...

Women hit hardest by pandemic

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2021
... said a greater proportion of casual workers in the finance industry are women - 67% compared to 56% in all industries. These jobs are insecure and are the first jobs to lose hours and roles during times of uncertainty, she said.

Chief economist update: More manna from UK Treasury

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2021
... economy. It has "shrunk by 10% -- the largest fall in over 300 years; and "since March, over 700,000 people have lost their jobs" despite the government's unprecedented response, amounting to over £280 billion since. The economy needs a top up. ...

Chief economist update: The great Australian rebound

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
... direct economic support from the federal government halved... Yet at the same time the economy grew by 3.1%, 320,000 new jobs were added and 2.1 million Australian workers graduated off JobKeeper." And it's gonna get even better. "With an additional ...

Shock statistics on gender gap on boards

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... the economic shocks and uncertainties, we lived through in 2020, it is very welcome news to have more people in full-time jobs. It is also a very positive sign that our economic recovery is underway," she said. "It does not, however, reflect any underlying ...

Stimulus, ERS boost financial comfort

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
The government's stimulus spending, and reforms like the early release scheme, have boosted Australian financial comfort to record highs despite the impact of COVID-19. The ME Bank Household Financial Comfort Index improved by 2% to 5.89 out of 10 during ...

Big super locking Aussies out of homes: Wilson

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
... colleagues would stop the construction of low-cost housing depriving many people a shot at owning a home, and destroy the jobs and strong returns to members that these sorts of investments create." Dean said experts have already disproven Wilson's ...

Chief economist update: Australia's not jobless recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
... reported that 29,100 workers found employment in January - in line with market expectations. Though the monthly addition in jobs has slowed -- 180K in October, 90K in November and 50K in December - January marked the fourth straight month of employment ...

Limited advice overdue for disruption

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
... Financial Standard that the industry tends to overlook seasonal events or milestones in members' lives such as transitioning jobs, starting a family and buying a new house, that could be enriched from advice. Using its employee and super fund member ...

The future of quality advice: SMSFA

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
... advisers. They don't want to be in a position where their advice is suboptimal and indeed, they don't want to lose their jobs or livelihood by making simple errors," Ryan said. The second point is having a clear understanding of client value proposition. ...