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Treasury agreed with Grattan SG modelling

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
... income: SG increase should be scrapped, age pension test asset test taper should be relaxed and maximum rate of Commonwealth Rent Assistance should be increased. A key finding was the budget could reclaim $2 billion by scrapping the ramp up of compulsory ...

Rural FM dupes investors: Short-seller

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
An activist short-seller has valued Rural Funds Management's agricultural fund as "ultimately worthless," alleging it is falsifying accounts and over-inflating assets. Bonitas is accusing RFM, the responsible entity for ASX-listed Rural Funds Group ...

Super fund turns to food sustainability

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
... leaseback of land for almond production along the Murray River and the ownership of facilities to support poultry production on a rent by area basis. Last month, First State Super and VicSuper signed a Binding Heads of Agreement to merge, with leadership ...

Super fund commits $20m for housing affordability

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2019
... those working in the not-for-profit sector. A further 20% were pre-sold to community housing providers, which offers reduced rent to eligible clients. The remaining 60% were sold to the general public, many of whom are first home-buyers. "Having a home ...

Women don't know their worth: Noble Oak

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
Women underestimate their life insurance value by 125% while men underestimate theirs by just 19%, latest research shows. According to Noble Oak, women think their life insurance is worth an average of $373,000 less than it actually is. Men underestimate ...

Charter Hall industrial fund scores top Lonsec rating

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
Charter Hall's Direct Industrial Fund No.4 (DIF4) scored Lonsec's top rating. The independent research house rated DIF4 as Highly Recommended, noting its portfolio was 100% occupied by "high-quality tenants" and was well positioned in terms of future ...

How key is gender in retirement outcomes?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... noted Australia's largest cohort in poverty is single female renters in retirement. "So that means you need to put more into rent assistance, and even raise the age pension itself. But you can't do that if 80% of people get a pension," Rice said. "So ...

Australians retire too wealthy: Grattan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
The Actuaries Institute's annual summit has seen a fiery debate between the chief executive of the Grattan Institute and Mercer's David Knox over ideal retirement incomes. Grattan Institute chief executive John Daley and Mercer senior partner ...

Social infra to become core investment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
High population growth, changing community needs and an ageing population will spur investment in social infrastructure. Speaking at the Property Funds Association conference, Arena REIT managing director Rob de Vos said: "An ageing population and proportionately ...

Income only falls by 11% in retirement: Grattan

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
... 9.5% to 12% and save $2 billion a year. Instead, the Government should focus on boosting the maximum rate of Commonwealth rent assistance by 40% which could be worth more than $1400 a year for a single retiree, it said. "The main beneficiaries from a ...