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38 per cent of US retirees like reverse mortgages

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2007
... yet stepped up to the challenge of helping this generation prepare for their retirement. The survey covered 3,000 US retirees and pre-retirees ranging in age from 40 to 75 years who had investable assets between A$1,300 and A$3.2 million per household. ...

Super funds could offer transaction banking

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2007
... pensions and lump sums (for those aged 60 or over) and the abolition of compulsory cashing for the over-65s mean that retirees will be more able to retain funds in their super and access them as required with fewer tax implications. "Our initial discussions ...

SEQUAL defends advisers on reverse mortgages

NICK OLIVER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2007
... out a reverse mortgage. "Reverse mortgages are an increasingly important financial planning tool to fund the needs of retirees," said Dell. "To criticise financial planners belies the care that financial planners use in recommending a reverse mortgage ...

Super hype is working: AXA

... retirement, ranking them the second highest retirement savers in the world, just behind the US. Contrary to the notion that retirees spend their days traveling or gardening, AXA's study revealed they have embraced the digital age, choosing to spend more ...

Qld investors like it hot

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2007
... statistic is at odds with the portrayal of Queensland as Australia's answer to Florida as a place many southern state retirees flock to. However, it does assist in explaining the greater risk appetite," said Aviva research manager, Stuart Fechner. Age ...

ANZ to offer Over Fifty Group reverse mortgages

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2006
... very bright for the reverse mortgage industry. It is very quickly being accepted as a mainstream option for Australian retirees to consider." Martin, an advocate for the reverse mortgage sector, also said that the Financial Planning Association's (FPA) ...

New planners lack listening skills

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2006
... planning industry has changed," she said. "Planners now focus on the investment and income needs of intending or existing retirees who are increasingly dependent on self-funded income streams in retirement."

ALP finally agrees to back Budget super reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2006
... he is probably reluctant to allow himself to be manipulated into a debate about why the ALP was blocking tax cuts for retirees, so the decision is really no surprise.

Keating laments missed super opportunities

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2006
... conditions were already beginning to fragment after being artificially buoyed by the commodities boom. Reflecting the need for retirees to access actual savings rather than savings they missed through Government policy inaction, Keating said he expected ...

Don't bury reverse mortgages in regulation: Martin

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2006
... regulation, saying that many had lost sight of what reverse mortgages and equity release products were designed to do - give retirees a better standard of living in their retirement by helping them to access their own illiquid capital. He added that ...