Forecasts show a 50 percent increase in data creation in 2010 relative to 2009, with information set to grow from the previous year of 800 billion gigabytes (0.8 Zettabytes) to 1.2 Zettabyte’s this year. One Zettabyte equals one trillion gigabytes.
Barring a shock collapse in world sharemarkets, superannuation fund members can look forward to a positive return this financial year – the first time since 2006/07.
Blacktown’s suburbs have achieved a clean sweep of the top five most affordable suburbs to buy a house in Sydney, ‘only’ 40 kilometres from the Sydney CBD.
Financial advisers may be banned from charging commissions on investments and pension sales, under recommendations contained in the Cooper Review of superannuation.
A new report commissioned by the Victorian Government has revealed strong opportunities in the Chinese baby and pregnancy products market.
This month marks one year from the depth of the financial crisis, and demonstrates the value of taking a long-term view of investment markets. After another positive month in February, the median superannuation growth fund has returned a satisfying 20.4% for the past year.
Australians are predicted to lose $120 billion during the next decade by investing with retail superannuation funds. The Industry Super Network (ISN), a body that represents the not for profit superannuation sector, have released a 24 page report comparing the performance of both not for profit and retail superannuation funds. The report, called Supernomics used […]
The not for profit and industry funds have again dominated the Chant West 2010 superannuation fund ratings. This is despite master trusts performing well as the economy escapes from the effects of the GFC. “While investment is very important and accounts for 40% of our overall weighting, past performance only counts for 10% of that,” […]
New research conducted by the University of New England (UNE) has found that mothers who work part-time raise healthier children than both those who work full-time and stay-at-home mums. In the study of more than 4500 Australian pre-schoolers, the UNE study found that kids of part-time mums were eating less junk food, watched less television […]
Tradespeople are not nearly as wealthy as our image of them suggests, with wages “consistently” falling for the lowest paid tradies, a University of Canberra researcher has found. Head of economics and director of the Centre for Labour Market Research, Professor Phil Lewis will outline the findings of a project into what tradespeople earn at […]
