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Calls for greater efforts to close gender pay, super gap

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2022
... and females was 14.1%. Further, the employment to population ratio was 68.4% for males and 60.1% for females. The average weekly ordinary time cash earnings for full-time adults are $1912.50 and $1665.80 for men and women respectively. In response to ...

Calls to pay super on parental leave grow

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2022
... will increase to 2.8%, and three children would see it boosted by 4.5%. These figures assume they retire at 67, average weekly ordinary time earnings growth of 3%, nominal investment returns of 6.5%, 32 weeks spent on parental leave per child, and that ...

Zipmex files for debt relief amid ongoing crypto crash

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2022
... 9.37% over the past seven days. Bitcoin also saw a decline of 5.7% and Ethereum dropped by 10%. ETF Securities: Crypto Weekly Report revealed that in the US the Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) has been investigating insider trading within crypto ...

Brighter Super simplifies investment menu

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2022
... strength to strength. The increased size has enabled fee reductions of up to 28%, including the removal of a dollar-based weekly administration fee. Despite its new size, Brighter Super said it has maintained its boutique approach. Since the merger with ...

Underemployment continues steep decline

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2022
The latest ABS figures show that the total number of underemployed workers has fallen, as has the weekly hours not worked by underemployed people. Of the 13.6 million employed people in May 2022, 1.5 million were underemployed. Of these underemployed ...

Retirees doing it tough: ASFA

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022
... continue to face ever increasing health costs, with a modest couple having to budget at least $102.27 for healthcare costs weekly. Private health insurance premiums rose on average by 2.7 % from 1 April with some major insurers increasing premiums by ...

Action on super gap slow, small

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... retire." But it won't be enough. According to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) in May 2021, women's average weekly ordinary full-time earnings across all industries and occupations was $1575 compared to men's average weekly ordinary full-time ...

NSW small businesses offered support

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2022
... and $50 million with a decline in turnover of at least 40% by providing a lump sum payment covering up to 20% of their weekly payroll. The minimum payment will be $750 a week and the maximum set at $5000. The program is for the month of February and ...

Data shows WallStreetBets created losses

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022
... most mentioned stocks on WSB generated negative monthly returns at least 59% of the time during the year, with an average weekly loss of 1.6% and a monthly loss of 6.7%. The losses increased further to 8.2% on a quarterly basis, and in one out of four ...

Brokers warn of looming disaster

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2021
... to the survey results, those who said they couldn't meet a $300 per month repayment included 46% with a combined gross weekly income between $2000 and $3000, showing that the problem is not limited to very low-income earners. "However, there are sections ...