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Are Australians money dumb about savings?

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
... savings, be it retirement or otherwise, could not be more clear. Australian comparison site finder.com.au has released statistics from an annual survey known as the Money Savvy Challenge, and results beg the question as to whether Australia is becoming ...

Frydenberg relaxed about SMSF borrowing

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... with limited recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBAs) and self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs). "The available statistics on limited recourse borrowing arrangements, while not perfect, tell us that limited recourse borrowing arrangements remain a ...

MySuper impacts AMP investment revenue

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... place," AMP said. Yesterday the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) also released its June quarter MySuper statistics, showcasing that the MySuper segment now has $428 billion of assets - an 18% increase from June 2014. MySuper now makes ...

Super outstrips other channels in disability risk profits

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... income insurance within superannuation is outstripping comparable insurance products sold directly. The latest quarterly statistics from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) show that both the super and traditional channels are struggling ...

Indian economy accelerating/slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... services as well as indirect taxes. The base year has been shifted to 2011/12 from 2004/05 earlier." "The government's statistics department says the new method is more in line with global practices and gives a better picture of economic activity." So ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... Stevens is speaking at the Boao Forum for Asia Financial Cooperation Conference in Sydney. The Australian Bureau of Statistics will release international trade price indexes for June quarter and building approvals numbers for June. In company news, Sunbeam ...

A question of trend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... about how things in the economy are tracking relative to policy objectives". Yes Virginia, the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) CPI report for the June quarter has heated up speculations of whether or not the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... governor Glenn Stevens is slated to speak at an Anika Foundation event in Sydney. Meanwhile, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is due to release the June quarter consumer price index while the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Indexes of Economic ...

Annuities to become more competitive

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... whether Australians will increase their interest in annuities as part of their retirement plan. Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows 1% of retirees taking full or partial lump sums were then purchasing an annuity. Commonwealth Bank general manager ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
... price index futures contract was down 21 points at 5,387. In local economic news on Friday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases May's housing finance data. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Thursday rebounded from ...