Self-employed falling behind on super

The report, using newly released data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, found the average superannuation balance for the self-employed is only half that of wage and salary earners in the lead-up to retirement (ages 60-64). Read the full story at...

Budget too optimistic about productivity: KPMG

According to a KPMG Economics report, preliminary modelling shows that if the annual growth in multi-factor productivity is 0.25 percentage points below its trend growth, the budget balance will deteriorate by almost $11 billion over four years.Read the full story at...

Planners marked down on honesty

Roy Morgan’s Image of Professions 2016 survey asked people to rate 30 professions in regards to ethics and honesty as either ‘Very high’, ‘High’, ‘Average’, ‘Low’ or ‘Very Low’. Read the full story on...