Aim higher, super funds urge government
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Super funds are urging the government to adopt a more ambitious objective for the $2 trillion system.
Super funds are urging the government to adopt a more ambitious objective for the $2 trillion system.
The peak welfare body has reaffirmed its support for pension changes while the ACTU has defended its campaign against the changes.
The cynical way Labor's union paymasters are attacking pension changes sums up the hypocrisy of the so-called ''progressive left'' of politics.
Around 800,000 Australians plan to make changes to their life insurance over the next two years without a financial adviser.
Retirement savers are rushing to pad out their super accounts with a surge in voluntary contributions before the June cut-off.
This new generation will start contributing to super as early as they can and hope the sharemarket thrives for the next 40 years.
If Richard Coppleson, author of the closely followed "Coppo Report", is right then investors should buy these stocks.
The start of production at Tesla's huge plant was praised by everyone - except Wall St analysts.
None of BT's 141 rejected total and permanent disability claims over the past three years were incorrectly denied, a review has concluded.
Industry super fund-owned bank ME has brought in consultants Capgemeni as part of its tech overhaul.
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