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Retirement liabilities dwarf assets six-fold

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 APR 2008
... possible even link member longevity to the value of their benefits. Illustrating the extent of looming public pension tsunami, they said by 2040 China is expected to be paying pensions to almost 400 million people. Defined benefit funds, despite their ...

Retirees short on yield

... investors, have seen their yields crash as income hungry investors have pushed their prices sky high," he said. The Silver Tsunami and the Hunt for Yield report found a large proportion of the world's population is entering retirement, which has placed ...

Scary markets II

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2007
... Peter Costello seemed keen to scare the electorate, if not the local markets, in telling Fairfax newspapers of a 'huge tsunami' about to engulf financial markets. Costello claims China's growth is unsustainable and their economy will unleash even greater ...

Government must intervene more to promote savings: CEDA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2006
A leading Australian think tank has called for more interventionist government policy to ready us for the economic impacts of the ageing population. Ivan Deveson, chairman and national president of the Committee for Economic Development of Australia ...

Economy withstands impact of tsunami

The devastating tsunami that struck South Asia just over a fortnight ago will have minimal economic impact on the region, according to AMP Capital Investors chief economist and head of investment strategy Dr Shane Oliver, as the cornerstone industries ...