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Brakes on reverse mortgages

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2007
... billion in 2011, amounting to a growth rate of 15.5 per cent from 2007. Ingemarsson said wide spread insufficient retirement funds, rising property values and an aging population with encouraging health allowing them to be more active in their retirement ...

A third of over 55s will never retire: Citibank

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2007
... to the contrary, though, the baby boomers don't feel quite so secure. While 58 per cent are confident in their retirement funds, 37 per cent feel uncertain about their nest egg lasting the distance. There are doubts, though, about whether retirees will ...

Super fund members want a safe bet

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2007
Super fund members do not want to expose their retirement funds to high risk investments with 42 per cent preferring a combination of all risk classes and only 15 per cent preferring a higher risk investment, according to a Quadrant survey. Tasmanian ...

Stable funds bad defaults: ICI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2007
The US Investment Companies Institute (ICI) has called for retirement funds to be invested to achieve growth, and dismissed calls from the US life insurance industry that capital stable funds be allowed as default investment choices in 401(k)s. "Stable ...

Retirement banking comes of age

... Pensioners and Superannuants Association (CPSA) of NSW welcomed the initiative. "It certainly would make access to retirement funds easier and that's a good thing. Obviously, if you can get your money out of your bank account, why shouldn't you be able ...

Super fees jump triple inflation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2007
... performance results have distracted attention away from the dramatic changes occurring within superannuation and retirement funds and how those changes are causing fees to rise at nearly three times the rates of inflation," said the report's author and ...

Alternative low-cost retirement funds on rise in US

Employers in the US are turning to unregulated, low-cost investment vehicles called 'collective funds' and regulated 'retirement services' funds to house their staff's pension instead of using traditional managed funds. According to the latest 'industry ...

Rainmaker's CompareOnline now compares 385 super funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2006
... advisers, paraplanners and superannuation funds about product information on the vast array of superannuation and retirement funds in the market." "Because they need independent information on fees, insurance and performance as well as other aspects ...

US fund fees plummet 50 per cent in 25 years

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2006
... did in 1980." But added to this, a much greater proportion of investments are channeled through employer-based retirement funds. Even 'load' funds do not charge loads for purchases of funds bought through retirement plans, said the ICI. If we assess ...

Trilogy add new income trust product

... the need for alternative income investments steps up a notch. "When Baby Boomers start to draw down on their retirement funds over the next few years, they will want to squeeze every available income dollar out of their portfolio to maintain their desired ...