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Hot property on notice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... world based on 'house price-to-income' measure and the fifth highest on a 'house price-to-rent' basis. A similar study by the OECD (released in May) found Australian property prices the fifth most expensive among OECD countries and that, at the end of ...

Hockey names infrastructure top priority for G20

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... the integrity of the global tax system by addressing the erosion of our collective tax base through work undertaken by the OECD." He said he would support a common reporting standard for the automatic exchange of financial information "so that no country ...

Law firm rubbishes Grattan fee report

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... doesn't compare apples with apples," he told Financial Standard. "If you compare all the defined contribution systems in the OECD then the cost of Australia's system is much more in line, despite the fact that our allocation to equities, which are more ...

Confidence key to financial future: Murray

COLIN BRINSDEN, AAP ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... fees appear high by international standards. It says Australia's super sector has some of the highest operating costs among OECD countries and the decline in fees over the past decade have been modest. "We knew we would have to put on our crash helmets ...

BetaShares appoints AFR columnist as chief economist

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... Commonwealth Bank before taking a role as a research economist at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris, France. BetaShares managing director Alex Vynokur said: "We are excited to have someone of David's calibre join ...

Australian students get top marks for financial literacy

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
Australian students were amongst the top performers in the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2012 Financial Literacy assessment, which is the first international study of students' financial literacy. The study assessed the ...

FEATURE: In search of the missing asset class

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... appetite for investing in bonds compared to their overseas peers. A 2012 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) survey found that large Australian pension funds allocated little more than 10% to the asset class. That compares to ...

FEATURE: Managing SMSF growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... equities in the world, at 54%, according to a 2013 report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). SMSFs too follow this trend and have Australian equities as their primary asset class, followed by cash. "Cash and direct ...

Promises promises and broken promises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... extension, the overall economy. It's nice to know that the mighty Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) thinks the same way. In its latest Economic Outlook report, the OECD warned that, "Given the near-term uncertainties in the ...

RBA questions super fund infra investment

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... Australia's superannuation funds are higher than in many in many other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, partly due to the defined contribution (DC) nature of Australia's superannuation system. "While part of this ...