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Super hits $2 trillion

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
The latest quarterly statistics from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) show that super assets increased 6.1% to $2.0 trillion in the 12 months to 31 December. Of this number, $1.26 trillion are APRA-regulated fund assets with the ...

Aussie jobs trend is our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
... These are based on the readings from the seasonally adjusted estimates. The reliability of the Australian Bureau of Statistics'(ABS) seasonally adjusted estimates had been suspect since September 2014 (my records show) when it reported a 121,000 jump ...

New super data adds more disclosure

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... average balances across all funds excluding SMSFs; and a summary of insurance results by type of fund. The annual MySuper statistics now also include financial performance and fee flows within products; membership growth and account flows; a profile ...

Another Aussie jobs surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
... resources to the non-mining sector of the economy, the Australian labour market remains resilient. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that total employment decreased by 1,000 in December. This is much less than market expectations for ...

SMSF borrowing triples in four years

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
... recourse borrowing arrangements within SMSFs have almost tripled in four years, the latest Australian Tax Office (ATO) statistics show. The proportion of SMSFs with borrowings has risen from 2.3% of funds in 2010 to 6.7% of funds in 2014. At June 2014 ...

PwC appoints SMSF specialist

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
... University of New South Wales and a Bachelor of Business from the University of South Australia. According to the latest ATO statistics, Australia has more than 557,000 SMSFs with total assets of $590 billion.

Paying women more super not the answer

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... industry needs to talk about education, "we need to change legislation with some policy around older women who, by statistics, live older than men." "[Older women] Who are still living in family homes that are too big for them, that are too costly for ...

Belabouring the labour market stats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015
... fill up the big hole left by mining and job cut announcements... here, there and everywhere, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported yesterday that 71,400 jobs were created last month. And this, on top of another stupendous 56,100 heads added ...

AFA recommends SG monthly threshold removal

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
... with more money in their superannuation fund. "This would place less pressure on the aged pension across the board. As statistics prove women live longer than men, the reliance on the aged pension is more significant for females than males."

Women own less than 40% of super assets: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... share of superannuation assets held by women has plateaued over the past four years according to Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data exclusively compiled for the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). Women now hold 36.4% of ...