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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 ...

Financial planners apply within: Westpac

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2006
... and retirement planning. With the Australian demographic tilting more and more heavily towards the pre-retirement and retiree end of the spectrum, Westpac is focusing on the increasing demand for quality advisers to help formulate the most effective ...

SEQUAL anoints MIAA reverse mortgage training

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2006
The Senior Australians Equity Release Association of Lenders (SEQUAL) has endorsed the Mortgage Industry Association of Australia (MIAA) as its first accredited reverse mortgage education provider. MIAA is the first education provider to meet standards ...

Reverse mortgage misconceptions: SEQUAL

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2006
... issues of home ownership and the loss of capital growth in the home. SEQUAL said the ownership of the home remains with the retiree and the reverse mortgage is simply a loan against the asset. When the estate passes to the family, the family may not ...

More reverse mortgage protections needed: Mariner

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2006
Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) listed Mariner Retirement Solutions has thrown its weight behind the push for greater legislative measures around reverse mortgages. Mariner has backed calls emanating from a recent Institute of Actuaries of Australia ...

Full steam ahead for super strategies: Navigator

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2006
... the recent Federal Budget. Navigator technical marketing manager, Martin Breckon, said the changes could potentiate a retiree's lifestyle, but investment strategies needed to be re-focused as soon as possible, even though it meant that extra capital ...

Westpac FP launches $500k super campaign

... offer and design. McCallum highlighted changes unveiled in the Federal Budget which will have a major impact on a future retiree's savings, including changes to undeductible contributions, changes to eligible termination payments and, crucially, that ...

Govt recommends 3 per cent super top-up for under 40s

The Federal Government has made a series of recommendations in a bid to improve the superannuation savings of people aged under 40, including raising the current 9 per cent compulsory super contribution by 3 per cent. The House of Representatives Committee ...

Super tax concessions cost more than they save: Greens

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2006
The Greens have issued a discussion paper that argues the cost of the tax incentives to encourage superannuation saving are greater than the tax savings we will later recoup through lower pension costs. The paper, The costs of ageing in Australia, a ...

Budget transitional arrangements for over 65s

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2006
The Treasurer has announced transitional provisions to apply to the proposed $150,000 annual cap on post-tax contributions while also adjusting the payment rules for people aged 65 and over. However, post-tax contributions made between 1 July 2005 and ...