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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 ...

Reverse mortgage sector picking up pace

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2006
... highlighted the way customers were beginning to view reverse mortgages. "SEQUAL believes that it is often preferable for retirees to drawdown funds on a regular basis, in order to better manage interest, which accumulates at a slower rate than with a ...

MLC analyst bags 2006 Future Leaders Award

... how life insurance products can be made more attractive and how to make retirement income streams more beneficial to retirees. Mahalingam took the top prize against a total of 18 entries for his paper which proposed introducing compulsory after-tax reporting ...

PIS launches new income fund

... important features for investors in the current environment," he added. Poole said that the product will be popular with pre-retirees and retirees who want regular income in a medium-term, medium-risk product. AUI's mortgage funds invest in a portfolio ...

Men are better savers than women: Citibank

... cent of men. But other research highlights show that the gender debate is a fringe issue given that 50 per cent of all retirees, male and female, are relying or will rely on their age pension as their main source of income. Some 30 per cent will rely ...

Bluestone making aged care bonds affordable

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2006
Bluestone Equity Release has launched a new product to assist retirees in funding residential aged care accommodation bonds by using the equity in their family homes, while also resisting any rise to its fixed-for-life product despite last week's 25 ...

SEQUAL anoints MIAA reverse mortgage training

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2006
... important for mortgage brokers and financial planners to understand the complexities of reverse mortgages so they can help retirees find the product that best suits their needs. This is more important than ever as reverse mortgages become a mainstream ...

Reverse mortgage misconceptions: SEQUAL

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2006
... voiced its concerns that myths and misinformation surrounding reverse mortgages and equity release products is stopping retirees from enjoying a more comfortable lifestyle. Executive director of SEQUAL, Kieren Dell, said that with the booming proportion ...

More reverse mortgage protections needed: Mariner

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2006
... realise that reverse mortgages are a fairly new product category with potential pension, tax and inheritance impact for retirees. Therefore it is vital that they receive correct financial advice. At Mariner, we insist that customers receive sign off ...