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Singapore lifts CPF rates

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
... Prime Minister and Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said in his budget speech: "We are strengthening social safety nets, and mitigating inequalities."

Austerity's political pay-off

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
... Deleveraging will mean years of slowed growth coupled with structurally higher unemployment rates, lower provision of safety nets and welfare entitlements and higher taxes, according to Curt Custard, which will not be popular with the electorate. The ...

Aussies fear online fin services

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
... services analyst Petter Ingemarsson, the issue boils down to "perceived security" rather than the actual security safety nets in place. "Many current security initiatives are as much intended for consumers to feel safe as for conferring meaningful real ...

Sherry overhauls award system

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
... Sherry is looking to modernise the country's award system, including superannuation, to boost Australians' financial safety nets. "The government believes workers should be protected in the workplace by a strong safety net which ensures their rights ...

Governance before crisis

... cross for fund members to bear should something go wrong and superannuation trustees fail to implement good governance safety nets. Rafferty said that trustees have the capacity to scope the issues that are now affecting industry in time before a financial ...
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