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Super industry to branch out: Rice Warner

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
... "Over the next 15 years, the market will grow at a lower rate than the last two decades. Lower fund earnings and slower population growth will lead to a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 3.6% a year," it said. "Retirement assets will grow by ...

DomaCom partners for Sharia-compliant home loans

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 DEC 2020
... this, 95% say Islam is either very important or important to their identity. About half of Australia's total Muslim population (386,000) is 24 years or older. Australia's Muslim population is highly educated with 78% at least holding graduate degrees ...

Household wealth hits record high

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... wealth increased 1.6% (up $6850) to $441,649 per person in the September quarter. The ABS said 0.1% increase in the population was the reason total wealth grew marginally more than average wealth. "The September quarter 2020 financial accounts reflected ...

Super leaves gig economy behind

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
... that measures the extent to which these benefits are being accrued, or these risks are manifesting, in the gig worker population." The Actuaries Institute found that those employed in the gig economy, for example in meal delivery services, are more likely ...

How far are we from a trillion-dollar super fund?

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
... November-end, it had over 2.3 million members from around 330,000 businesses, implying about 10% of Australia's population is a member with the fund. AustralianSuper has stayed away from mergers in recent years, dissimilar to Aware Super (formerly ...

Super lifting retirees' financial wellbeing: HILDA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... found, increased from 68.2 years in 2001 to 70.8 years in 2018. Despite increased life expectancy, the proportion of the population that is retired did not increase between this period. In 2018, only 7.4% of retirees reported experiencing financial stress ...

RIR reveals bleak financial upside for disabled people

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... disability in retirement have lower average wealth, and lower home ownership rates, compared with the total retired population, the review found. On average, people with disability in retirement have lower value homes and less wealth in financial assets ...

Chief economist update: David Australia versus Goliath China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... barley imports because it has been imported against trade rule; China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism advised its population not to travel to Australia and students not to go for study due to "racist attacks"; China's General Administration ...

Advice for all could add $630bn to economy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
... - accounting, taxation, financial, superannuation, business, and mortgage broking advice - available to the entire population. The modelling found the total economic uplift could be $630.3 billion each year and spending on the Age Pension would reduce ...

Aussie dividends lag on global stage

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan) were exactly flat year-on-year, reflecting the milder impact of the pandemic both on the population and on the economy, stronger balance sheets, lower payout ratios and because many of this quarter's payouts relate ...