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Australian Unity offers instos retirement investment opportunities

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... time, bringing packaged post-retirement infrastructure investment options to the wider market to tap into the ageing population. Targeting super funds, insurance companies and other health insurers, Australian Unity Investments (AUI) believes there is ...

Abbott: Coalition will not vote for SG but won't rescind it

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... higher. "We do accept that it is very important that people have adequate retirement incomes, particularly with an ageing population," said Abbott. The opposition leader also hinted at future reforms when he told the FSC that "transparency, small business ...

FPA welcomes standards

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... is now apparent after the association revealed yesterday that the print ads had reached almost 40% of the Australian population and 3,400 unique visits to the campaign website. Around 1000 delegates from Australia, South Africa, Hong Kong and New Zealand ...

ASFA: Retirement costs on the rise

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... Groups Consumer Price Index (CPI). Retiree households on average have different spending patterns to the rest of the population. Along with generally owning their own home outright (so cost increases for housing are less important for retirees), they ...

Age Pension must be factored into retirement income

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
... said Boal. "In 40 years time, this is forecast to still be 6.9% of GDP. Because of the demographic shift to an older population, age pension costs will increase, but there are expected lower costs for other welfare measures such as unemployment benefits ...

SG Bill enters parliament with strong support

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011
... and ensure that future generations are not crippled under the financial burden required to support our rapidly ageing population." Meanwhile the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said the move was a forward-thinking step to secure ...

Asia growth to transform business

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
... Australia's positioning with Indonesia as an important opportunity. Indonesia is the fourth biggest country in the region by population, the fifth biggest economy in greater Asia and the biggest in South East Asia. Dr Gupta however conceded that governance ...

Asia-Pacific's HNWIs second largest in the world

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
Asia-Pacific's population of high net worth individuals now exceeds Europe's for the first time, making it the world's second-largest market after North America. That's according to the 2011 Asia-Pacific Wealth Report released by Merrill Lynch Global ...

Happily dreaming of the end

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011

SG increase the key to global pension top spot

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
... you have more assets in the system, the whole system is more sustainable and the funds will be there for the ageing population," he said. Knox said the overall index value for the Australian system could be increased to an A-grade if the SG increase ...