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Financial literacy in retirement a human rights issue: AHRC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
Financial literacy among retirees has become a human rights issue, with the release of a manual aimed at helping people prepare for retirement by the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC). The release coincided with a call from National Seniors ...

EQT urges The Trust Company to avoid "fruitless" efforts

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
... will be and unnecessary and fruitless exercise for all concerned," the letter reads. EQT asked for access to the Ernst & Young assessment report on the synergies proposed by EQT in its revised offer for The Trust Company. EQT also refused to provide ...

Trust Company still recommending Perpetual proposal

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
... Company continues to recommend the Perpetual proposal to acquire the 100% of its shares after independent expert Ernst & Young analysed the synergies of a potential merger with Equity Trustees (EQT). The board of The Trust Company said it needs to further ...

Generation Y busts SMSF age myth

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
... and 57% of that are over 50. The average wealth in assets, excluding the family home, is $569,000. While there may be more young people getting on the bandwagon, they remain comparatively wealthy. The average net worth of newly set-up SMSF holders is ...

EQT extends offer period for The Trust Company

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
... held on July 2 and July 10 in order for the bidder to present their views on the synergies to independent expert Ernst & Young. "We are encouraged by this interaction and remain confident that the stated level of synergies is readily achievable by our ...

Bell Potter expands research team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... senior industrials analyst. Brookman has worked as a senior oil and gas analyst at Barclays De Zoete Wedd, Burdett Buckeridge Young, and CLSA. Most recently she worked at Dart Energy, a company specialising in the exploration and production of natural ...

Self-education cap to harm senior workers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
The proposed $2,000 a year cap on tax deductions for professional self-education could put professionals over 50 years old in a situation of disadvantage, National Seniors Australia said. The organisation said that if the legislation comes into force ...

Dismiss fixed income at your peril

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
Investors, particularly those in or approaching retirement, should be wary of ignoring fixed income and other income producing assets in the 'great rotation' out of cash and into equities, according to Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) executive ...

Slow growth and regulatory burden top insurance industry fears

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... returns and stricter regulation are the biggest risks to the insurance industry, according to a new report from Ernst & Young (EY). In Business Pulse: Exploring the dual perspectives of the top risks and opportunities in 2013, the global professional ...

Mirvac sells 50% stake in Sydney CBD office to AMP

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... un-leased space at a completion for a term of four years. The 37 storey office tower has been substantially pre-let to Ernst & Young for a term of 10 years from completion and the agreement with Mirvac significantly de-risks the investment proposition ...