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Cost of retirement increases

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2021
... childcare costs and education costs, as well as those that are not currently relevant (such as international travel and holidays) to calculate the retirement standard. Its research found the price increases for retirees were considerably higher than ...

Pandemic hasn't killed retail: Airlie

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
... international borders, that traps all that money that we normally send overseas - like our discretionary spending on travel, holidays - here. And it gets spent really broadly across our economy," Fisher said. "Whereas the money that we miss out on in ...

Sydney world's strongest luxury real estate market

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021
... via furlough schemes meaning there have been few forced property sales. Banks in key developed markets offered mortgage holidays to customers reducing repossessions and foreclosures," she said. "Households accrued a total of over US$5 trillion globally ...

Former adviser jailed for six years

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2021
... to transact on their behalf. Hopkins took about $2.9 million of his clients' money without their knowledge to fund holidays, pay rent and credit card debts, and repay personal loans. ASIC's investigation into Hopkins commenced in 2019 in response ...

ERS applicants $3100 worse off

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021
... companies to offer deferred payment schemes to all customers, McKell further suggests. "The banks themselves offered mortgage holidays, and State governments implemented moratoriums with regards to residential tenancy. However, more should have been ...

Chief economist update: Bubble, bubble getting out of trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2021
... "Tourists from New Zealand spent $2.6 billion in Australia in 2019. The main purpose for travelling to Australia was for holidays. 505,000 tourists came to Australia for holiday purposes." "The most popular destinations were Sydney with 32%, Melbourne ...

Chief economist update: Chinese manufacturing ramps up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
... manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors returned with a vengeance after a brief pause during the country's Lunar New Year holidays. National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) data show that China's manufacturing PMI rebounded to a three-month high ...

Ignition Advice chief exits

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2021
... thanked its clients for their support and faith in the company. "Now is the time to focus on family, friends and the holidays. In the New Year I will look at how I can help to connect corporations, fintechs and investors and deliver value from my experience ...

Future Super cuts fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
Future Super has gifted its members a fee cut for the holidays, with fees set to reduce over all of the ethical super fund's investment options. The admin fee on the fund's Balanced Index option is reducing from 0.65% per annum to 0.554% per ...

Reverse mortgages used to extinguish debt

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
... pay off existing dent, while 21% purchase a new car. An equal number (18%) of seniors draw on their home equity to fund holidays and have extra income on hand. The use of reverse mortgage loans to payoff existing debt is on the rise, particularly since ...