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Aussies finally get life insurance message: IFSA

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2007
... surviving relatives for more than a year if they were to die. Following the 2005 study, IFSA campaigned to make Australian families see life insurance as a vital component of sound financial management and to improve the accessibility of life insurance ...

Labor the party of wealth creation: Swan

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2007
... Labor had the foresight to introduce a superannuation system that would underpin the retirement incomes of Australian families and provide a valued source of capital for Australian businesses. Along with the microeconomic reforms of the 80s and 90s ...

Members Equity offering saving without fees

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2006
... their bank. "MEB has undertaken extensive qualitative research to understand the savings goals of working Australian families. We've identified that consumers are frustrated with unnecessary fee structures and want high interest rates to reward their ...

Life insurance still the big risk: ING

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2006
... TNS/Rice Walker Actuaries and analysed by ING, underinsurance remains a massive problem with nearly half of all Australian families left critically exposed to the financial consequences of a serious event. ING believes the problem has to do with a lack ...

RP Data and Rismark to reform property pricing info

... quality of existing house price indices. Given the importance of the residential real estate asset-class to Australian families and policymakers, we saw a need and an opportunity to respond." Residential real estate is a $2.8 trillion equity pool, with ...

NAB bundles home loans with insurance

... three months before turning 65," said Steve Tucker, CEO of MLC. "Statistics also show that 60 per cent of Australian families with dependents will run out of money within a year if the bread winner dies." "Despite these facts, the majority of Australians ...

RBA keeps hand off rates

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2005
... confidence," she said. Opposition treasury spokesman Wayne Swan said the decision was a welcome breather for Australian families, but the government still had a lot of work to do. "The Howard government is not off the hook here," he told reporters. "The ...

Aust banks reap $9 billion from fees

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2004
Australian families are paying around $400 a year each in bank fees, a new study has shown. The Reserve Bank study showed banks reaped $8.7 billion from skyrocketing credit card fees and other charges. Bank fees paid by households rose 15% last year ...

WA state Budget to be handed down on May 6

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2004
... Ripper today said the government would deliver a financially responsible Budget focused on the needs of West Australian families. A strong domestic economy and a $500 million extra tax take will provide scope for tax cuts, which Ripper has previously ...

Macquarie Group applauds Government-Democrats' action on super

... their retirement savings potentially boosted significantly by Government co-contributions is an incentive for Australian families to invest more in superannuation," he said. "The Australian Democrats' extension of the Government's original co-contribution ...