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Default super should have base ESG standard: RIAA

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
... Australians engaged about how their superannuation is invested. The RIAA paper said extensive polling highlights the average Australian does have a baseline expectation that their super is invested without doing any harm. "This understanding has led ...

Mercer enters new engagement era

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
... heightening," Godfrey said. "The statistics clearly show the challenges super funds face in engaging members. The average Australian spends 535 hours playing computer games each year compared to eight hours engaged with their super. "However, disengagement ...

FSC, Deloitte name Future Leader Award winner

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... for low income earners to lift themselves out of old-age poverty, improve gross replacement ratios for the average Australian and balance these against fiscal sustainability and deliver benefits for the budget. Finalists of the awards were CBA advice ...

VicSuper lets members hold super in their hands

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
... commissioned by VicSuper found that superannuation ranked third in terms of people's personal importance, yet the average Australian doesn't understand the basics including their current balance and what percentage of their salary is contributed to super. ...

Super law changes "political suicide"

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... Standard Technical Services Forum on September 1 in Sydney, Thomas said that compared to ten years ago, the average Australian is far more aware of the superannuation system and how it benefits them. As a result, super funds are focusing more on member ...

Australians need another $130,000 for retirement: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
... targets will necessarily increase further." Vamos added that given the increasing level of super savings the average Australian will require at retirement, ASFA considers there is a strong case to increase the compulsory rate of superannuation contributions ...

FSC calls for 12% super by 2022

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... retirement savings gap." Research by Rice Warner and sponsored by the FSC to coincide with the conference, shows an average Australian woman must contribute 18% of her income to super from the time she enters the workforce to achieve an adequate, self-funded ...

Australians making more money from investing than working

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... prices added to this year's 10% average super fund return fund means that in 2014-15 the investment income the average Australian has just earned is about equivalent to the national average wage. Last month the ABS reported that the weighted average ...

Liquidnet increases average trade size in Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
Global institutional trading network Liquidnet grew its average Australian trade size to $1.8 million for the first quarter of the year, up from $1.7 million at the end of 2014. The company reported that this figure is 390 times greater than the $4,680 ...

Economic growth to slow significantly: IGR

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... annum over the next 40 years with annual growth per person of 1.5%. This would see the annual income of the average Australian rise from $66,400 today to $117,300 by 2055. This growth rate is expected to be slower than the 3.15% per annum, or 1.7% per ...