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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
... price index contract was eight points lower at 3,743. In economic news on Tuesday, the Melbourne Institute releases its wages report for the May quarter. Reserve Bank of Australia board member Jillian Broadbent is due to address a Queensland University ...

Super escapes budget knives

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
... be indexed to a special retiree's cost of living measure which will see pensions lift each year much faster than ordinary wages. But this is where it gets risky for the superannuation industry as it becomes apparent that the cost of the tax concessions ...

Keep co-contributions: HESTA

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2009
... matched by a government contribution. "Women have only half the superannuation savings of men and are more likely to earn wages below the co-contribution cut-off. We should be expanding the co-contribution program to increase women's investments." Research ...

AIRC sets more default super funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
... workers are members of a trade union. However, the AIRC decision is significant because Award provisions set benchmarks for wages and conditions across the workforce, not just for union members.

Contributions surge to 25pc of wages

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
... explosion in the amount of money Australians are contributing into their super funds, now running at a quarter of total wages and salaries. APRA figures released this week show that total contributions received by super funds in 2006-07, the year the ...

Riccardian equivalence redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... all dead? Well, the long run has come, and Americans are not dead, so they have to pay higher taxes - those earning high wages anyway - to pay for their government's debts. Last Monday's summit convened by President Obama gave an end point to the long ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
... the Reserve Bank of Australia releases the minutes of its February board meeting, and the Melbourne Institute releases its Wages Report for the February quarter. In company news, first half results are expected from OneSteel, United Group, GWA International ...

Govt targets judge's super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
The Government might have rejected a call to let employers swap employer contributions for extra take-home wages as a short term fiscal stimulus, but it hasn't stopped them threatening to slash non-contributory super paid to new judges. The Australian ...

Govt targets judge's super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
The Government might have rejected a call to let employers swap employer contributions for extra take-home wages as a short term fiscal stimulus, but it hasn't stopped them threatening to slash non-contributory super paid to new judges. The Australian ...

TWU Super ups retirement stakes

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
... savings as a regular income stream while they are still within the workforce. "When a TRAP is paired with salary sacrificing wages into super, retirement savings could be boosted even further," said TWU Super. The fund's TRP product also lowers the tax ...