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Medcraft calls for international super benchmarking

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
... at," Medcraft said. One variation cited was the relative weight of fixed income in portfolios, with most managers in other OECD nations allocating more to fixed income and less to equities. Medcraft said this kind of data provided on statements would ...

Australian economy on target for growth: OECD

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012
... Development's economic forecast for May 2012 has confirmed that it expects the Australian economy to significantly outperform other OECD economies, this year and next. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) has forecasted ...

Don't be fooled by strong AUD

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
... economy. It is not the case," said Bennett. "Nothing matters more then the comparisons of the Australian economy to other OECD nations and within our region in Asia, we are an embarrassment." Bennett said that Australia is the great under performing ...

Super acting like a SWF: Treasury

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
... despite perceptions of low domestic savings rates, Australia's 24% gross savings rate matches Germany's and compared to other OECD countries is second only to Japan's 26%. The big question however is to what extent does Australia's compulsory super system ...

OECD vindicates govt super reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
... of old-age poverty in Australia is mainly due to the relatively low level of the age pension: equivalent schemes in other OECD countries are worth 25 per cent more." The OECD said the only other OECD countries with worse poverty rates for retirees are ...

Boost savings and cut interest rates

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... report confirmed that household saving in Australia have fallen over the last decade placing Australia 16th relative to other OECD nations in terms of savings rates in 2006. Complicating the analysis however is a debate about how to measure national ...

Australia IT needs more R&D

Australia has ranked fifth in terms of global competitiveness but has lagged behind other OECD countries on investment in research and development (R&D), according to a new study by the Economist Intelligence Unit. Sponsored by the Business Software ...

Call for personal tax cuts to plug company tax loophole

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2006
... held over a long period, tax on interest income, company tax and superannuation taxes are comparatively higher than other OECD countries. Writing in the Financial Review, Warburton said closing the gap would make Australia more competitive and help build ...

Costello says cutting business tax rates not on the agenda

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2004
... Graziani, the authors argued Australia already had a company tax rate, and an effective company tax level, well below most other OECD countries. It said there were doubts whether cutting the business tax rate would actually encourage more firms to set ...

Australian tax burden less than OECD average: Costello

... Costello. "Australia held its place as one of the lowest taxed OECD countries despite declining tax burdens in many other OECD countries which experienced recession and slowdown." Amongst those countries that have tax burdens less than Australia (tax ...