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Funds should show benefit projections: IAA

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
... the superannuation benefit projection calculations should include Aged Pension entitlements. "With 75 per cent of the population expected to receive a full or part Age Pension, the Institute of Actuaries believes member projections should allow for the ...

Retiree living costs fall despite CPI jump

NEWS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
... cancel out. ASFA said that while retiree households tend to have somewhat different spending patterns to the rest of the population, the differences largely cancel out over the long term.

Align preservation and retirement age: DoFD

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
... benefits will eventually break the budget. The main problem, noted the DoFD, is that the impacts of the aging Australian population will put too much pressure on retirement income and pension outlays. The government reversing or at least reviewing its ...

Countplus buys risk dealer group

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
... 750 advisers, according to a press statement. This, together with the underinsurance currently within the Australian population, should help TFSA in its future growth objectives. TFSA was acquired for an enterprise value of $11.5 million and is expected ...

Asia-Pac HNWI market approaches US$10 tn: report

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
... HNWI's, behind China and Japan, with India in fourth place. Australia accounts for almost 6 percent of the region's HNWI population, with 173,600 HNWIs and a total combined wealth of US$519.4 billion. India enjoyed the second fastest rate of growth in ...

Super back in the spotlight

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
... retirement savings and the Australian economy it will become more difficult for the nation to meet the demands of an ageing population. Superannuation plays a significant role in strengthening the Australian economy," Vamos said.

BHP anticipates global carbon price

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
... price being set and what effect this will have on companies such as BHP Billiton. "Economies like ours, with a growing population, face an intrinsically harder target with a fixed percentage carbon reduction than for example a European economy with a ...

Intra-fund advice takes off

ISN RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
... shift in the way industry super funds approach the delivery of financial advice to their membership. "The bulk of the population, who do not currently see a financial adviser, have straightforward financial advice needs which can generally be satisfied ...

Let the lobbying begin

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
... would expect the Independents, who seem like forward thinking people, would want to deal with the problem of an ageing population," Reynolds said.

Food security back on the radar

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
... co-portfolio manager of the soft commodities fund at CFSGAM, said a range of factors including a burgeoning global population is putting finite resources under pressure. "What's happened this year in terms of wheat production in Russia and drought in ...