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Women own less than 40% of super assets: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
The share of superannuation assets held by women has plateaued over the past four years according to Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data exclusively compiled for the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). Women now hold 36.4% ...

Super funds must ramp cyber protections

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
An alleged cyber attack on the Australian Bureau of Meteorology this week reaffirms the vital importance of chief information officers and stringent security systems at superannuation funds. Two financial services consulting firms released reports in ...

Chill

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
... spring make. This could all reverse at the next "Labour Force" publication. This is the very reason why the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) tells us that the trend estimate "is the best source of information for forecasting or making decisions ...

Senate hears too many holes for women in super

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... Wood said. Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) chief executive Tom Garcia said the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data indicated the gender savings gap was a persistent flaw in Australia's super savings system. The ABS ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... governor Glenn Stevens is speaking at the Boao Forum for Asia Financial Cooperation Conference in Sydney. The Australian Bureau of Statistics will release international trade price indexes for June quarter and building approvals numbers for June. In ...

A question of trend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... relevant information about how things in the economy are tracking relative to policy objectives". Yes Virginia, the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) CPI report for the June quarter has heated up speculations of whether or not the Reserve Bank of ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... of Australia governor Glenn Stevens is slated to speak at an Anika Foundation event in Sydney. Meanwhile, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is due to release the June quarter consumer price index while the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Indexes ...

Annuities to become more competitive

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... remain as to whether Australians will increase their interest in annuities as part of their retirement plan. Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows 1% of retirees taking full or partial lump sums were then purchasing an annuity. Commonwealth Bank ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
... September share price index futures contract was down 21 points at 5,387. In local economic news on Friday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases May's housing finance data. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Thursday ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... September share price index futures contract was down 31 points at 5,370. In local economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases June's labour force data. No major equities news is expected, but Telstra's chief executive Andrew ...