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Budget CIV plan lets Australia export investment expertise

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... will provide $2 million to the ATO and $7.8 million to ASIC. The Budget statement said these expenses would be "partially offset" by $700,000 in registration fees. To qualify for the new CIV measures, investments will need to meet "similar eligibility ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
... government spending, an upturn in imports, and larger decreases in private inventory investment and in exports that were partly offset by an upturn in state and local government spending and an acceleration in residential fixed investment". Bank of Japan ...

Sunsuper overhauls TPD cover

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
... combined annual death and TPD Assist premiums." This will work by reducing current TPD rates by about 30%, and partially offset by an approximate 15% increase in death rates. The increase death rates are from a spike in death claims at the fund and across ...

Challenger annuities march on

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016
... positive inflows across both Fidante Partners and Challenger Investment Partners of around $800 million in the quarter were offset by negative market movements. "On the Funds Management side of the business, there were promising inflows from Fidante's ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
... Market expectations were for an improvement to negative 0.77%. A 3.7% year-on-year increase in food prices was more than offset by a 9.9% drop in the price of petrol and a 0.1% dip in the price of manufactured products.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... consensus expectations for a 20,000 addition. Full time jobs declined by 8,800 over the month but these were more than offset by a 34,900 increase in part-time jobs. The unemployment rate dropped to 5.7% in March - the lowest since September 2013 -- ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
... and follows February's flat reading, due largely to a sharp 2.1% decline in auto sales over the month which was partly offset by a 0.9% increase in gasoline sales. Excluding autos and gas, retail sales increased by 0.1% over the month but still fall ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... the previous month's 4.4% decline. A 3.0% jump in the number of loans for the purchase of existing dwellings, more than offset continuing decreases in lending for new dwellings (-15.4% in February from -4.2% in January) and dwelling construction (-1.9% ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... the previous month's 4.4% decline. A 3.0% jump in the number of loans for the purchase of existing dwellings, more than offset continuing decreases in lending for new dwellings (-15.4% in February from -4.2% in January) and dwelling construction (-1.9% ...

Super funds promote affordable housing ideas

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
Industry superannuation funds have put forward several financing models directed at addressing Australia's supply of affordable housing. In response to Treasury establishing an Affordable Housing Working Group, both industry super funds and banks have ...