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Rice Warner warns of massive TPD underinsurance

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... required life insurance cover of approximately 10 times annual earnings just to repay debts and maintain current living standards. To maintain the same standard of living, however, 15 years' worth of life insurance and TPD would be necessary. The report ...

Economy 'not running out of puff': Wayne Swan

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... construction and utilities, is all services," Swan said. "We will depend on services growth for our increasing living standards, and for our ability to grow our exports without an unsustainable trade deficit."

The song remains the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... its leadership team. The faces will be different but the goal remains the same - continued growth and better living standards... and lesser corruption. And oh, overtake America (shhh!)

Manufacturing's Gerry Harvey moment

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
... backwards. In a global economy where productivity growth is the first and last defence against falling national living standards, this should be enough to trigger a political storm akin to a national (economic) security crisis. Against this backdrop ...

US pension funds issue debt ultimatum

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... currencies to store their wealth in with the decline of the dollar intensifying inflation risk, further impacting on living standards. "The decline in the value of the dollar will eat into retirement savings. Businesses will find it too expensive to ...

IGR signals tax and health reform

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... lower the outlook for economic growth. "These challenges will place substantial pressure on economic growth, living standards and the federal budget over the next 40 years," said Treasurer Wayne Swann in a statement. The biggest jumps in required government ...

Super saved the economy

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
... would have been worse off in 2008 by around $930 a year, or almost $2,400 per household. The research "Better living standards and a stronger economy: the role of superannuation in Australia" was launched by the minister for superannuation, corporate ...

Forum 'gets real' on ESG

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
... market recovery, as will social themes such as the developments associated with our aging population and rising living standards in developing countries." Held in June, the forum includes speakers from BT Financial Group, AMP Capital Investors, HESTA ...

Sg CPF increases min member limits

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2007
... line with previous announcements to keep increasing the MS so it can support expectations of rising retirement living standards. "The increase in MS, which includes an adjustment for inflation, is to ensure that Singaporeans set aside sufficient savings ...

Ageing population challenges require updated IGR

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2007
... the proportion of people who are in the workforce, is going to increase and this will be a real challenge to living standards in our country," said Costello. "I brought down an Intergenerational Report in 2002, to alert the public to the nature of this ...