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Customer data protections progress

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... "The recent Productivity Commission review on Competition in the Australian Financial System reported that the average Australian household could be saving up to $1000 per year on their home loan if they switched to another lender - but many choose not ...

How much do you need to feel financially free?

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... figure on the magic number Australians think they need to "significantly improve their lives forever." The average Australian believes they need $828,000 - up 9% over last year - to turn around their life financially. However, the figure swings depending ...

Physical health inspires financial health

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2017
... thinkers and those who play team sports are more likely to look to their peers for financial advice than the average Australian. The research shows a clear parallel between people's participation in sports and how they view their financial futures, with ...

Self-doubting Aussies falling short

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 JAN 2017
... plan is crucial to feeling empowered and getting where you want to go with your money," Bourguignon said. On average Australian's estimate they will need at least $818,000 in savings and investments to retire comfortably. However, they expect to only ...

Super guarantee of 12pct a mistake

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
... about 15% of the wealth of most households. The analysis found that even when excluding the family home, the average Australian saves as much outside as inside their super. "While compulsory superannuation forces people to save more via superannuation ...

Lost super campaigns have much further to go

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
... highlights how super funds could do more to educate members about how easy it is to track down lost accounts - the average Australian worker believes it will take them over an hour and a half (107 minutes) to find and transfer lost super into one account ...

Foreign managers priced out of super

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016
... pressure the industry is under." This isn't a bad thing, of course, given the relatively high performance of the average Australian super fund relative to overseas equivalents. Loane pointed to the FSC/Deloitte 'Financial performance of Australia's superannuation ...

Westpac prices climate bond at $500m

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... of producing an estimated 2400 gigawatt hours of energy per annum. That is enough power for around 450,000 average Australian households, avoiding approximately two million tonnes of carbon emissions per year. Westpac Group head of sustainability Siobhan ...

Drop in regulator staff numbers under coalition

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... in the Coalition government's three years in office, according to a new report by the Australia Institute. Average Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) staff numbers have fallen 14.4% from 1,834 in the 2013-14 budget period to 1,569 ...

Super effectively the same as lotto for younger Australians

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
... popular responses were holidays and travel (24%) and "unexpected occurrences" (21%) - and it suggests that the average Australian doesn't put much stock in superannuation ensuring a comfortable retirement. Unsurprisingly, then, the Australian lotto industry ...