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US housing market needs renovation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
Until the US housing market starts to right itself it's unlikely US consumers are going to gain too much confidence and without confidence the chance of economic recovery will remain a forlorn dream. House prices are still down 32% from their 2006 peak ...

NZ Govt to enrol extra 1m into Kiwisaver

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
The New Zealand Government is proposing to automatically enrol about 1 million employees into their de facto national superannuation scheme Kiwisaver, for an estimated cost to taxpayers of A$600 million. The A$7 billion Kiwisaver scheme that makes up ...

Customisable, original, scalable, networked: the next advice paradigm

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
The next wave of advisory firms will be provide clients with customisable advice that is original, scalable and network connected, say US advice industry researchers. In their paper, The Consumer Revolution - Surviving and Thriving in a Time of Tectonic ...

Retail funds narrow satisfaction gap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
The satisfaction gap between retail and industry super funds is narrowing, despite the widening investment performance gap, reveals the latest research from Roy Morgan. The satisfaction is now just 3 percentage points, compared to it peaking at 8 percentage ...

CBD vacancies hit 2-year low

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
Office vacancy rates falling to their lowest level in two years reinforces the recovery in direct property returns, albeit it doesn't resolve the mixed messages coming from the sector. Total vacancy in Australia's office markets decreased from 9.6 to ...

Super now the fourth pillar

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
Superannuation is now the fourth pillar of Australia's social and economic life and the national disability insurance scheme will develop to become the fifth, said minister Bill Shorten at a major superannuation function at Parliament House in Canberra ...

Pensioner inflation hits 4.5%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
Pensioner living costs are up 4.5% for the past 12 months, compared to regular inflation for the general population which is up only 3.6% over the same period. The Australian Bureau of Statistics June 2011 Pensioner and Beneficiary Living Cost Index ...

In defence of superannuation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
Superannuation funds earning nearly 7% per annum over the past 20 years has forced minister Bill Shorten to defend the system itself while arguing why lifting SG from 9 to 12% is still a good idea. Speaking on ABC TV's Insider's program yesterday, Minister ...

PC disability insurance final report released

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
The Productivity Commission (PC) has released its final report into the Disability Care and Support review and re-affirmed its recommendations that the government should establish fully-funded social insurance schemes to commence in 2015. While not ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... remained at a high of 400,000 last week, raising fears of a double-dip recession. ANZ Banking Group senior markets dealer Alex Sinton said currency and equities markets fell overnight and there wasn't anybody who was exempt. He expects the negative tone ...