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Thinning trade surplus shaves A$

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2017
... the previous day's closing of US$0.7575. This may not be good news for Australians planning to spend their Christmas holidays overseas but is definitely a positive for the Australian economy by making Australian exports cheaper in the world market and ...

Advice improves lifestyle outcomes: Research

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... but it also adds value all the way through your life in the choices you can afford to make about schooling, insurance, holidays, housing and personal interests." "The important thing to measure is how it adds value to every life stage and enables individuals' ...

Why managed accounts need a 'no exceptions policy'

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
... advisers know that when they talk to clients, most of the annual review meetings will be around 'where did you go on holidays?' or 'how's the cat or dog?' and so on, he said, adding the conversation about how the portfolio is going comes later on. The ...

Inflation matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
... while pay growth remains only marginal. Not only that, "Consumer aversion to spending on big-ticket items (such as cars, holidays and large appliances), appears to have been magnified by upward pressures on household debt, as well as stretched cash available ...

An institutional approach to retirement advice

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
... be basic needs (food and utilities) of $30,000 per annum, grandchild schooling expenses of $100,000, $50,000 on annual holidays for 10 years, $100,000 in projected aged care expenses, $100,000 for a legacy objective and $100,000 as a contingency for ...

Just what the doctor ordered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
... recent floods/cyclone activity may have temporarily lifted the numbers, " adding that "a shift in the timing of the Easter holidays may have had some influence on the seasonally-adjusted result. There was good news on capex too. Private capital expenditure ...

Workers' retirement angst growing

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
... planner. The unadvised spent four times more of their retirement nest egg on lifestyle expenditure such as renovations, holidays and new vehicles than planned retirees. The research also found fewer than one in five workers have thought about aged care ...

Year of the Rooster deficit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2017
... than expectations for a 20.3% increase. However, China's February trade balance had been distorted by the Lunar New Year holidays and is therefore unlikely to persist. Historical data shows that China's trade balance either slows sharply or goes into ...

Rethinking risk through goals-based investing

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
... withdrawn were for less than $25,000, generally to cover home investments, buying or paying off vehicles or going on holidays. This illustrates a clear trend: retirees are increasingly delineating their discretionary draw-downs from the income they need ...

Retirees increasingly favour income over lumps sums

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
... pay off a vehicle, or to pay off outstanding debts. For the other one quarter, the most commonly cited reasons were for holidays, followed by general living and medical expenses," said Jarvis. The number of people with some superannuation and the average ...