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Tasmania leads the nation: CommSec

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... indicators, including economic growth, retail spending, equipment investment, unemployment, construction work done, population growth, housing finance and dwelling commencements. Tasmania ranked first on relative population growth, relative unemployment ...

Chief economist update: No Karens in China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... total lockdown" (according to npr.org), surely it's more manageable to place all of Australia's 26 million population in quarantine. The difference my friends is there are no selfish, stupid "Karens" in China such as the one in the state of Victoria ...

What to expect from the Retirement Income Review

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... retirement income system supports retirees, the role of each pillar in retirement, distributional impacts across the population and over time, and the impact of current policy settings on public finances.

Super to lose $3tn by 2040

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... rising unemployment, lowering super contribution levels, lower long-run super fund earnings expectations and reduced population growth on the back of COVID-19 travel restrictions. Rainmaker executive director of research and compliance Alex Dunnin said ...

Super to tip into negative cash flows: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2020
... Rainmaker also found that falling contributions into super due to increased unemployment, wage stagnation and decreased population growth (as a result of ongoing travel restrictions) due to COVID-19's could result in superannuation going cash flow ...

Australians without advice struggle in pandemic: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
... New research has revealed the true value of advice, as the mental and financial wellbeing of Australia's unadvised population suffers from the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis. Fidelity International's latest Pulse Survey, which gauged the mental and financial ...

US surpasses Asia Pacific for HNWI growth

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
... the Asia Pacific region. This is according to the World Wealth Report 2020, produced by Capgemini. HNWI wealth and population grew by almost 9% globally in 2019 despite a global economic slowdown, international trade wars and geopolitical tensions. North ...

LGS certified carbon neutral

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
... base." Yip added that the projects deliver community benefits in the form of employment opportunities for the local population, especially for women in enterprise. "They also raise living standards through clean water and solar energy as well as introducing ...

Chief economist update: Second waving, not drowning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... Australia remains the Lucky Country that it's branded to be. Per capita (cases of infection as a percentage of population), Australia's total cases of coronavirus infection (0.033%) is not that far from New Zealand's (0.031%) and is heaps ...

Indigenous foundation teams up with super funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... community organisations. "It is well known that Indigenous Australians have lower super balances than the rest of the population, so helping our people harness the power of their superannuation is of critical importance," Usher said. "By clearly understanding ...