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AUI trust posts solid returns, holds value

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... roughly $415 million in total assets. AUI's Retirement Living Service, which provides accommodation and related services to retirees, recently subdivided the block and subsequently sold the aged care facility business to the Healthcare Property Trust. ...

North awarded 'very strong' S&P rating

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
... option. Rodney Lay, Standard & Poor's analyst, said the product is well designed for its target market, pre and post retirees. Andrew Barnett, AXA Australia head of structured solutions, said the firm had noticed a "significant increase" in new business ...

Is super sexist?

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
An IOOF-owned super fund launched two months ago is targeting female investors and future retirees in its latest financial literacy campaign, which includes a report titled 'Is super sexist? Things to think about for women.' The super fund's report ...

Lay-by age pension to plug savings gap

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
... number...specially at a time when 45 is the new 25 or that 85 is the new 65," she said. But this doesn't necessarily mean retirees won't have access to their money when they reach that age but rather, that there's flexibility around it. People no longer ...

IRESS signs Elston Partners

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2008
... Queensland, New South Wales and the ACT. Many of its clients are business owners, professionals, executives and self funded retirees.

ASIC adjusts redemption rules to help pensioners

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
... based on 'hardship grounds'. This relief will apply on a case-by-case basis only and is designed to help self-funded retirees and investors caught up in the current liquidity problems that beset mortgage and income funds. Withdrawals may be accepted ...

Aviva offers pensioner relief after redemption freeze

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
Aviva Australia has taken the extraordinary step to provide self-funded retirees and self managed super fund (SMSF) members on its Navigator platform their 'full' pension payments until the end of this year, when those payments would have been significantly ...

Mortgage funds' phantom lifeline

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... terrific, it commits the government to nothing, will take months to have any impact and won't put dollars on the tables of retirees needing cash to pay tonight's grocery bill. Even worse, the Prime Minister's announcement that mortgage and non-cash funds ...

Clear focus to drive age pension reform

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
... home you actually bring your excess house equity into the assets test," he said. Dunsford said the way we encourage post-retirees to stay in the workforce also needs to be considered and one option we could consider is exempting employment income of ...

Cuscal targets super as profit soars

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
... cater to the super industry. "This year we are set to assist superannuation funds offer account-based pension products to retirees. These products will feature direct access to super through internet banking, ATMs and EFTPOS channels. This functionality ...