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Pensioners call for 13 per cent more council tax rebate: CPSA

... with a council truck load of salt," said Morrie Mifsud, state president of the Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association of NSW Inc (CPSA). He added, "These wild proposals to increase council rates totally ignore that pensioners who must make ...

ASFA and JUST Super call for changes in the Budget

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2006
The Association of Superannuation Funds Australia (ASFA) has called for an expansion of the co-contribution scheme and an abolition of age-based contribution limits, with JUST Super supporting ASFA's stance against a proposal to reduce employer contributions. ...

Proposed super cut will widen inequality for women: IFSA

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2006
... employees without any superannuation contributions, contributing to widening inequality. Echoing the message sent by Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief executive officer, Philippa Smith, last week, Investment and Financial ...

ASFA slams proposal to cut super

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2006
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has slammed a Government task force suggestion to cut employer super contributions, a move it says will drastically reduce part-time and contract workers' superannuation savings. The proposal ...

Daily economic update

... US$224,200 and is down 2.2 per cent from a year ago -- the first decline since December 2003. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported its application index fell by 3.7 per cent in the week ending April 21 -- the third consecutive weekly decline ...

30 million super accounts and climbing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2006
... accounts, up from the average of 2.5 five years ago. Indeed, Peter Kell, chief executive of the Australian Consumers Association (ACA), said that many consumers call the ACA exasperated by how difficult it is to consolidate their super accounts. "It ...

Single women a rising force in residential property

... property for themselves by 2010. Ellis said this is in line with research data overseas. Based on data from the National Association of Realtors in the US, for example, single women outpace single men when it comes to buying homes and one out of every ...

We need professional education courses that set advisers apart: AFA

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2006
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has picked up the ball and run with it following last week's shadow shopping fallout, and the answer they say, is in improved professional education. AFA chief executive, Richard Klipin, admitted what keeps ...

Daily Economic Update

The US National Association of Realtors (NAR) expects existing home sales to fall by 6.0 per cent this year, new home sales to drop by 10.9 per cent and housing starts to decline by 3.2 per cent. These forecasts, if proved correct, have serious ramifications ...

Labor launches 6-point super plan

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2006
... pre-salary-sacrifice wage. The Opposition Leader's plan to embrace co-contributions has been applauded by industry association, Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) CEO, Richard Gilbert, who added that they look forward to working with ...