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Age and marriage trigger retirement planning: AXA

... participants separated into eight focus groups based on age, gender and marital status. The results reinforced the general population's complacent and damaging attitude towards retirement. The outcome also revealed some helpful guidance on how the financial ...

Don't gamble with personal insurance: AXA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
... product offering," Hogg said. "Right now I'm focused on keeping our insurance offer contemporary. We're all aware our population is ageing, medical advancements are continuing - particularly when it comes to cancer diagnosis - and the modern Australian ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2006
... seasonal jobs would benefit Australia by about $390 million a year and foster economic stability and growth in the area. Population projections suggest that within 10 years about 10 per cent or about 30,000 of the working age people of the Solomon Islands ...

Aussie women feeling the pinch: ipac

... described as 'mass affluent'. That is, they have higher income and better education levels than the general Australian population. The study found that the level of financial security for women surveyed dropped from 50.3 per cent to a low 38.8 per cent ...

Gen Xers jump online for home loans: Forrester

... such as applying for a loan. Their research revealed that 13 per cent, or around one in 10, of Australia's overall population have submitted a loan application through the internet. A typical online loan applicant is someone in their 30s, earning $77,700 ...

Reverse mortgage misconceptions: SEQUAL

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2006
... more comfortable lifestyle. Executive director of SEQUAL, Kieren Dell, said that with the booming proportion of the population entering their 60s the equity stored in the home may be critical to funding retirement. "Over $350 billion of total home ownership ...

Cutting super benefit taxes affordable: IAA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2006
... many peoples' minds as to whether the proposals might compromise future revenue generation, especially in an ageing population," said Institute president, Martin Stevenson. To resolve the issue, Stevenson said the IAA decided to take a closer look. While ...

Flatmates to mortgage-mates

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2006
... housing, and more people are staying on with their parents," said Professor Bob Burrell, director of the Centre for Population and Urban Research at Monash University. Higher house prices and increasing numbers of individuals looking to purchase property ...

Small personal loans for low income earners: ANZ

... McFarlane, ANZ's chief executive officer, said Progress loans aims to address the needs of the six per cent of the population who have minimal access to financial services. They are usually on low incomes, unemployed, disabled and from Indigenous communities. ...

Electronic banking still lacks traction among over 55s: Commbank

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2006
... more control 56 per cent of superannuation assets, but according to the ABS they represent only 31 per cent of the population. Alex Dunnin with