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Paying women more super not the answer

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... with some policy around older women who, by statistics, live older than men." "[Older women] Who are still living in family homes that are too big for them, that are too costly for them, and to downsize they're putting untaxed money in to a taxed environment," ...

Seniors react to Commission's retirement housing idea

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... head without being forced to sell it or hock it as part of a reverse mortgage to pay for groceries," Christie said. "Family homes lock up a lot of equity, but this is the result of Australia's laissez-faire, free-market approach to housing. Australia's ...

Retirees should draw on home equity: Productivity Commission

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
... increasing [to 83]." The commission's research also showed an increasing proportion of older Australians are looking to move into homes that are more suitable to their needs. These may be either in the private market or in age specific accommodation ...

ME Bank CIO moves to Pillar

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
... processing platform. Hawkins had been chief information officer at ME Bank for four years, and she held the same role at Masonic Homes prior to that. She has over 25 years' experience in IT technical and management positions, mainly in the financial ...

Sydney house prices up 5-times national average

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
... than their state averages. The price index movements mean NSW home owners earned $80,000 through the year just from their homes increasing in value, an amount that exceeds the national average wage.

Super reforms to hurt retirees

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... the "needed" changes, said that the Government should apply its small business concessions to retirees selling down their homes. "If we go back to when people could put $1 million into super in one hit, that amnesty period, people downsized," she said. ...

Morrison protects homes from Age Pension means test

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
Federal Social Services Minister Scott Morrison has confirmed that the family home will never be included in the Age Pension means test under a Coalition government. At the same time, a raft of pension reforms potentially saving $2.4 billion in the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... cent) to 2,107.96, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index gained 21.07 (0.42 per cent) at 5,035.17. Total sales of used homes jumped 6.1 per cent to an annual rate of 5.19 million units in March, the fastest pace in 18 months, according to data from ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... cent) to 2,104.99, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index shed 3.23 (0.06 per cent) at 5,007.79. New construction of homes in the United States rose 2.0 per cent to an annual rate of 926,000 units, the Commerce Department said, a smaller increase ...

Infocus to provide advice to First Super members

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... financial advisers based in Adelaide will travel to locations around South Australia to meet with First Super members at their homes or workplaces. The $2.2 billion fund mostly caters for the forestry and timber products sector, so many of its members ...