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PROFILE: REI Super chief executive Mal Smith

DARREN SNYDER, LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
... the superannuation industry at an interesting moment. He graduated with an Arts degree and majors in Economics and Statistics from the University of Adelaide in 1981. "At that time there was a bit of a recession going on. In those days, you put your ...

FSC, Deloitte name Future Leader Award winner

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... comparisons for Australia when it comes to old-age poverty, Laura determined to find ways to improve the current ACOSS statistics that places 35% of Australians over 65 as living in poverty," he said. Bielinko considered the growing gap between life ...

Women to inherit 70% of intergenerational wealth: report

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
... 'Barriers to Achieving Financial Gender Equity', at the Inspire Community of Practice Breakfast yesterday. The research and statistics revealed that far too many women fall behind on their savings and retire in poverty - despite the same research showing ...

China should have hardlanded

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... howls of protest come when China reports growth numbers that are better-than-expectations. So it was when the National Statistics Office (NSO) revealed that third quarter GDP expanded by 6.9% -- a miss on the government's 7.0% target and the slowest ...

PROFILE: Blue Sky managing director Mark Sowerby

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... want people that know they can be a good operator when the chips are down." Turning to the future, Sowerby points to statistics showing considerable growth in institutional allocations to alternative assets as reasons to be optimistic about the firm's ...

Senate hears too many holes for women in super

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) chief executive Tom Garcia said the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data indicated the gender savings gap was a persistent flaw in Australia's super savings system. The ABS data shows ...

Comparative advantage

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... over dropping commodity prices on concerns over slowing China. Those concerns grew after Beijing's National Bureau of Statistics reported that declining producer prices, reduced investment returns and foreign exchange losses (due to the recent yuan devaluation) ...

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 ...