A rising number of self-employed people are failing to contribute to their own superannuation creating weaker coverage in Australia’s $2 trillion retirement income system, which has seen its score slip from last year’s world rankings. The Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index, released on Monday, shows Australia maintained third place, behind Denmark and The Netherlands with […]
Speed limits on investor lending and other macro-prudential measures were always intended as a “temporary” solution, according to APRA chairman Wayne Byres. Macro-prudential measures were introduced in 2015 as a response to growing fears that the Australian mortgage market was becoming imbalanced. Little indication has been given since then about how long these constraints […]
It’s eight weeks until Christmas and shoppers are understandably concerned about how much they’ll be contributing to the annual $48 billion Chrissy spend. Here’s the problem – household budgets are in lockdown mode and presents ain’t cheap. Australians are spending less because they’re concerned interest rates will start rising soon, making their personal chunk of Australia’s record-high mortgage debt even more daunting. […]
The simple household jobs we don’t know how to do anymore….Question: How many Millennials does it take to change a light bulb? Answer: None – that’s what outsourcing is for. OK, so that’s a gross generalisation, but if statistics are to be believed, the joke is not that far from the truth. A recent survey, […]
Westpac, ANZ, American Express and an AFL footballer – this case, which came across our desk just the other day, certainly entangles some interesting folk. It centres on the prosecution of one Rodney Goullet who, in the words of Judge Michael McInerney, was a “Svengali-like figure who manipulated financial institutions”. “The naiveté of that investment is […]