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Australia leads the way in pension system sustainability: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023
... decline from 2.6% to 2.1% of GDP by 2060. Oppositely, many OECD retirement income systems have poor system design, population ageing, and elevated inflation imperilling long-term sustainability. The average OECD government spend on pension payments will ...

Dataset to ease policy planning for ageing population

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023
With an ageing population but no accepted approach for measuring the age of retirement, KPMG has taken the same approach used to determine life expectancy to produce an age of retirement dataset. In producing the dataset, KPMG has determined the expected ...

Sentinel makes BTR debut in Queensland

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2023
... as rental vacancy rates in Queensland continue to tighten and areas like Robina expect to see a significant boom in population and jobs growth over the next decade."

Adviser population dropped 17% in 2022

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2023
The number of financial advisers is now at its lowest in almost two decades, analysis shows. According to Rainmaker Information's breakdown of the ASIC Financial Adviser Register, a net 3250 (17.3%) financial advisers exited the sector last year ...

Australians neglecting their retirement: Super fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2023
... Almost one in three Australians or 28% reported that they had "no idea" how much super they had. The balance of the population said they knew but with varying degrees of confidence. A third or 37% reported they knew the "ballpark" amount, while the other ...

Super system shields against macro storm: Fundie

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2022
... Tadgell. Speaking with Financial Standard, Tadgell explained that Australia's super system has helped stabilise the population and economy. "Superannuation, among other things, has generated a fair degree of social harmony in a relative sense," he said. ...

Regional commercial real estate to run hot: REIA

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2022
... the opportunities. "For commercial property investors, there is certainly opportunity to capitalise on these changing population trends and small business activity in regional areas, notwithstanding the current interest rate environment," REIA president ...

Delayed reforms put pensioners at risk: OECD

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2022
... better understand observed and expected trends," the outlook said. "The assumptions should also be tailored to the population for which they will be used, and make sure that pensioners of all ages will be covered. "Assumptions regarding future improvements ...

Household Capital acquires Pension Boost

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2022
... leading provider of home equity retirement funding. "Together we play a critical role in meeting the needs of an ageing population, particularly as many Australian retirees have inadequate super saved to meet their needs,"he added. On the transaction ...

Advising an ageing population

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
A rapidly ageing population has changed the face of retirement. Speaking at the Financial Planning Association of Australia's (FPA) Professionals Congress London Business School professor Andrew Scott explained why. Kicking things off, Scott said ...