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Joining AIIB unlocks billions of infra investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... operates an asset over its economic life to the benefit of members. "The inverted bid model, which has been endorsed by the IMF, OECD, World Bank, G20 and B20, is currently being presented by Industry Super Australia to international regulators, pension ...

High-risk pursuits may undermine super funds' solvency

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015

ISA appoints retirement policy adviser

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... updates including MYEFO and PEFO until 2013. Gallagher has published numerous papers, represented Australia at a variety of OECD and international economic conferences and was awarded the Public Service Medal by the Governor General in 2004.

Infrastructure returns beat equities, bonds

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... trillion will be needed to supply global energy demands through 2035. And based on projected global GDP growth to 2030, the OECD expects increases of two-to-four-fold for various measures of air and sea transport volumes. Other forecasts have shown similar ...

Over-reliant bank lending slows OECD economic growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... report said recent financial development shows further expansion of bank credit to the private sector slows growth in most OECD countries, including Australia. "A rise of bank credit by 10% of GDP translates into a GDP growth rate that is 0.3 percentage ...

Australia lagging in Asia-Pacific financial relationships

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... Asia feature some of the most restrictive regulatory and legal regimes in both commercial banking and insurance compared to OECD nations. The report says this is a contrast with Australia, one of the most open economies in the Asia-Pacific region and ...

Super tax concession savings not overly generous: NAB

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
... that it taxes contributions and investment earnings and does not tax benefit payments. The most common taxing method in the OECD is where the contributions and earnings are not taxed, and the income stream in retirement is taxed, usually at the pensioner's ...

Australians retiring young despite rising life expectancy

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... retirement trends. Despite Australians aged 45-64 self-reporting having a higher standard of health than the majority of OECD countries, the report's modelling found that nearly half (48%) of 40-54 Australian workers "in very good health" will likely ...

Independence on super boards should be skills based

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... regulatory settings that devolve broader decision-making responsibility to trustee directors than their counterparts in many OECD countries." The research concludes the boards of Australian super funds should include a number of independent directors ...

Winter of our discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... a similar winter of our own. It barely made the headlines when the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) issued its provisional first quarter 2015 estimates of OECD growth last week but I'm pretty sure it's now getting some attention. ...