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Lift preservation age to 65, save $7bn annually

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... 65 years of age. According to the PC, lifting the Preservation Age progressively will boost end superannuation retirement nest eggs by an average of 10% in real terms while also saving about $7 billion pa by 2055 in net recurrent fiscal outlays. Employment ...

ASIC looking to introduce civil laws to punish corporates

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... necessarily the country's wealthy, but everyday Australians, who might have no more than their house and their super and perhaps a nest egg," Medcraft said. "Of course, when [corporate] culture is poor and investors are inappropriately sold investments ...

Grattan issues new report on super fees

ALEX BURKE, ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
... regulated funds". Failure to improve the system's efficiency could cost future retirees 5% or $40,000 of their potential nest egg, explained the report. To drive down costs, the report re-stated its 2014 recommendation that there should be default fund ...

Global dividend growers suit retirement income

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
Adding a global equity income investment strategy to retirees' existing income strategies would add diversification and help address concentration risk in many portfolios, according to global active fund manager Capital Group. The investment giant ...

Super funds turning to passive to tackle high fees

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... that high fees don't necessarily guarantee higher returns and in fact can leave a significant hole in a client's retirement nest egg," ING Direct head of third party distribution Mark Woolnough said. "Ultimately it comes down to value, and with the rise ...

Hockey contemplates first home buyer access to super

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... up housing prices, eroding any positive impact on housing affordability," chief executive Pauline Vamos said. "Raiding the nest egg early to pay for a home deposit or other purposes is likely to dramatically reduce people's final benefits," ASFA chief ...

Super only 35% of retirement nest egg

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... provide adequately for their retirement and expect that it will contribute a little more than one third of their retirement nest egg, ING Direct research revealed. Superannuation is expected to represent 35.8% of the retirement nest egg, while the government ...

ASFA outlines spending needs of nonagenarians

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
... expenditure required each year for a single person to live comfortably in retirement for a long time. Building your own private nest egg is the best way of ensuring you are able to live your retirement free from major financial worries," Vamos concluded. ...

AIA and Nest launch accelerator program

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
... accelerator program to support innovative businesses and entrepreneurs. The initiative is a collaborative effort between AIA and Nest, a Hong Kong based investment incubator led by Simon Squibb. The program is aimed at providing mentorship to start-up ...

Sunsuper taps FPA adviser network

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... recognised the importance of financial advice in making a real and positive difference to the size of members' retirement nest eggs. "We also know that members have distinct advice needs at different stages of their lives and that these can best be accommodated ...