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$900bn of wealth soon up for grabs: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018
... pressure would mount on advice practices to alter their business model in the event of an adviser exodus coinciding with an ageing client demographic. "With the large majority of advised clients transitioning to retirement and beyond, advisers need to ...

Age Pension needs national objective: Actuary

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018
... superannuation system mean that the projected cost to Government of the Age Pension is no longer increasing despite an ageing population and better longevity." He believes this fiscal change makes it important to "evaluate the nature and purpose of the ...

Aged care becomes critical for advisers

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... accreditation will be positioned as market leaders. Aged Care Specialists' Greg Roberts said with the growth of Australia's ageing and disabled population, "the financial advice sector needs more advisers than ever with the capacity to provide comfort ...

AIA Australia spearheads mental health law reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... life insurance industry, and reducing the fiscal burden on the government at a time it is tackling the twin issues of an ageing population and shrinking workforce, Mu added. Based on AIA Australia data, mental health issues represent the third largest ...

Default options safeguard retirement savings: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
... financial decision-making brought about by cognitive decline. Fresh insights from the ARC Centre for Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR), in partnership with Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA), show that even mild cognitive limitations ...

Copia appoints new CFO from Mutual Trust

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
... risk-controlled way. This is to ensure that investors have more for longer. "We are entering an era where people, largely ageing baby boomers, will redefine their investment needs and will demand a different investment approach. Investors approaching ...

Reskilling: A worthy purpose for super?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
... National Conference this morning in Sydney, La Trobe University pro-vice chancellor Phillip Dolan said while Australia's ageing population has the potential to cause labour shortages, technological innovation will leave scores of people out of work and ...

Institutional investors on the march in fixed income

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
... most concerned about regulatory challenges both at present and in the future; they are less concerned about low yields or ageing populations than their North American or European peers. Among retail investors in the region, the primary objective of fixed ...

Zurich UK launches selfie app for underwriting

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... to extract information. This includes approximate body mass index, physiological age and the rate at which the person is ageing.

FS has you covered in 2017

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... at Financial Standard's inaugural retirement income forum provided their perspective on the multiple implications of an ageing population: from investment strategy to intergenerational wealth transfer and estate planning. ETF Forum Hosted at The Langham ...