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PC recommends social insurance shake-up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
The Productivity Commission has defied its critics and recommended Australia establish twin social no-fault insurance schemes in what is potentially the biggest recasting of the nation's health, welfare and insurance sectors in decades. The recommendations ...

SG war far from over

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... lift is needed to lift retirement incomes, then the super funds industry should lead the way by increasing its own productivity and cutting fees. "The Cooper Review into superannuation found that retirement incomes can be increased by forcing efficiencies ...

PC recommends govt-backed aged care equity release

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
A Productivity Commission draft report into aged care said there are a number of options to improve aged care funding including the establishment of aged care savings accounts, using superannuation benefits and encouraging the use of equity release ...

Fiducian updates FORCe software

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
... strategies on its FORCe software for financial planning, three months after upgrading the software for increased planner productivity. Fiducian Online Resource Centre (FORCe) uses dot net technology with the sensitivity analysis module stress test ensuring ...

Open fire roasted bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... 12 regions surveyed... and retailers expecting better holiday sales. The US Labor Department goofed. It revised US productivity to show a faster annual growth of 2.3 per cent in the third quarter instead of the 1.9 per cent gain it calculated last month. ...

Cormann blasts ALP over default super

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... voted against a coalition motion in the Senate yesterday, resulting in the Senate passing a motion requiring the Productivity Commission to examine the selection and ongoing review of default superannuation funds under modern awards. "The current process ...

Workers to wear SG rise: Shorten

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
... suggests that over time, superannuation guarantee increases have come out of wages, rather than profits. Future wage productivity increases are expected to be sufficient to ensure that real wages continue to grow," said Shorten. Paying extra SG from ...

Count selects Lonsec and IRESS

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
... WealthPlanner. The new system will be implemented early next year. Count estimates XPLAN will help advisers increase their productivity by 50 per cent, and help deal with upcoming regulatory changes - including client opt-in requirements. "It's [about] ...

CFS GAM makes a case for raising govt debt

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
... interest rates over the medium to long term, if the proceeds are used to fund infrastructure projects that boost productivity. Improved infrastructure to transport goods, services, capital and labour around the country could help the economy deal with ...

The good smoke

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2010
... for lost hours. But as they say, one man's trash is another man's stash. What Breckland Council deems an affront to productivity and others call a filthy habit could be the answer to Japan's weakening economy. There's a tobacco rush happening in Japan. ...