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Rewards program to boost super savings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
... earn money from what has already been spent on everyday items like groceries, petrol and bigger ticket items such as furniture and airfares, he said. "We hope SUPERSUPER will make a meaningful difference to the lives of our members. It is designed to ...

Chief economist update: Back to the shops

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... reported that eight of the 13 major retail categories reported increases in the month of March: These include: autos (2%); furniture & home furniture stores (0.7%); electronics & appliance stores (0.5%); food & beverage stores (0.2%); health & personal ...

Frontier appoints new director

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
... First Super board of trustees and a member of First Super's investment committee. He has also had multiple roles in the furniture industry, including chief executive of the Furnishing Industry Association of Australia, Interlink Commercial Furniture ...

IFM appoints associate debt director

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016
... IFM also recently expanded its private capital portfolio, with investee company e-Commerce Ventures buying Australian furniture retailer Focus on Furniture. Commenting on the acquisition, IFM head of private capital Steven Lipchin said: "Focus on Furniture ...

Cbus upgrades support for violence victims

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2016
... family violence. New employee measures at the $32 billion fund include emergency accommodation support for two weeks; furniture removal to help with relocation; an advance pay if needed; individualised counselling; and streamlined access to two weeks ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... on Wednesday, Westpac-Melbourne Institute releases its leading indexes of economic activity report. In equities news, Furniture retailer Adairs will debut on the Australian Securities Exchange. In Australia, the market on Tuesday was lower as investors ...

Reasons to cheer amid gloomy predictions

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... retail sector will be the next to benefit from construction growth, as "people first buy a house, and then they buy furniture and white-goods to put in it." Falling oil prices are also likely to have a positive impact on the sector. However, Australia ...

Congress dysfunction hits US bond confidence

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
... Governor Widodo is known as a moderate pro business progressive who is an engineer by training and a former property and furniture businessman. When governor of the east Java city of Surakata, just east of the Indonesian cultural capital Yogyakarta ...

UK retirees have more debt

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
... The report noted that debt repayments amounts had dropped 12% in the past year, motoring expenditure had dropped 9%, furniture and appliance expenditure had dropped 15%, but offsetting this, food expenditure increased 8%, transport fares increased 11% ...

Global aged care specialists eye Aussie market

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
... "To most people, home care is a choice to maintain their lifestyle. They are not taking vacations anymore or buying furniture and they are spending their money in their care," Hager said.