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MetLife releases handbook for retirees

Insurance and financial services firm MetLife has released a consumer handbook for retirement as part of their 'Client Education Series' initiative. The handbook, titled 'Planning the retirement of your dreams', shows how retirees and pre-retirees can ...

Too many people unprepared for retirement: Count

Count Wealth Accountants says there is a worrying trend that the 'new breed' of retirees want to 'live it up' and are not saving enough to match their lifestyle expectations. The trend comes out of the results of a Count conducted survey, which asked ...

Aust Unity to expand retirement villages arm

Australian Unity Investments (AUI) has launched a fixed income product designed for retirees and will use the funds raised to expand the company's retirement village operations. The group has announced it will issue Retirement Village Investment Notes ...

FPA releases Good Advice guide

... the booklet includes case studies illustrating the financial needs of a 45-year old working woman, a young family and a retiree couple. FPA's chief executive officer Kerry Kelly has said that the booklet is for those who have considered going to a financial ...

Retirees to benefit from pension rule changes

... expectancy enabling retirees to draw down their capital over the length of their retirement. This should alleviate fears that a retiree could well run out of income later on because the allocated pension drawdown factors were based on outdated formulas. ...

OFM targets aged care market

Melbourne-based financial services provider OFM Investment group has acquired aged care advisory Lifetime Planning this week as part of its major push into the lucrative aged care market. OFM has bought Lifetime Planning for $940,000 plus $250,000 payable ...

Women retirees worse off than men: Citibank

Women may make better drivers than men but they fail to apply the same level of precaution when it comes to their retirement, at least according to the latest Citibank research on retirement savings. The report, which looked at the retirement savings ...

Mariner releases product, "unlocking the equity in family homes"

Mariner Retirement Solutions has launched a "reverse mortgage" product that allows retirees to borrow between 10 to 40 per cent of the value of their homes. The no repayments product allows retirees to borrow single lump sums, of between $10,000 and ...

Macquarie offers advisers a pension guide

In response to adviser demand, Macquarie has launched a pension booklet providing advisers with an easy to understand guide to allocated pensions and term allocated pensions (TAPs). Macquarie adviser services technical manager David Shirlow says advisers ...

S&P to rate reverse mortgages

Standard & Poor's (S&P) has signalled its intentions to provide ratings information for reverse mortgage-backed securities (RVMBS) in the Australian and New Zealand markets. The ratings house is currently formulating the criteria that will be used to ...