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Retirees should expand asset classes

DARREN SNYDER | THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015

... 2015 Retirement Income Symposium where Martin Currie Australia chief investment officer, Reece Birtles, said older Australians and their financial advisers need to reconsider the traditional building blocks of retirement portfolios. "Retirees rarely ...

Older workers are the future

MARK SMITH | WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015

... services, employers want people who have seen it all before." Championing the social and economic utility of older Australians, National Seniors chief executive Michael O'Neill said, ""This is the wealthiest cohort of retirees in history. They will be ...

Raising Preservation Age could be problematic

DARREN SNYDER | WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015

... question the benefit of such a policy change that will only make it harder for a significant number of vulnerable older Australians to access their own super savings." Research conducted by the Australian Centre for Financial Studies and AIST in 2014 ...

FSC supports longer threshold for unclaimed life insurance

ALEX BURKE | THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015

... Treasurer Josh Frydenberg's statement, this resulted in "real financial distress for many Australians, including older Australians and community groups, who were not able to access their own funds when they needed them." As a consequence of the change ...

ASFA outlines spending needs of nonagenarians

MARK SMITH | WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015

... health for their age and who reside in their owner-occupied home. However, the different cost implications for older Australians who are less able to engage in the same types of activities, and often require increased care and support has prompted the ...

ASFA launches blueprint for post-retirement system

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014

... that they can make a safe choice, with as much flexibility as possible to cater for a very diverse group of older Australians." Vamos said the system is not delivering as well as it could for women, the self-employed, casual workers and Indigenous Australians. ...

Hawks Nest is Australia's oldest town

ALEX DUNNIN | FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014

... these areas, and others such as Bowral with 31% in the Southern NSW Highlands, reflects a preference among many older Australians to retire to coastal and rural parts of the State." The tilt to older people living in regional towns, as especially coastal ...

Budget speech 2014 -15

... we also want to give you every opportunity to participate in the workforce. But I know how hard it can be for older Australians to find a job. There needs to be a change in the culture of many businesses towards older workers. We will help change that ...

Businesses offered $10k to hire over-50s

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014

... executive Michael O'Neill said. "Put simply, we can't raise the pension age without ensuring jobs exist for older Australians". "Experience suggests cash bonuses don't work in isolation. We need a suite of measures that tackle community attitudes, promote ...

Industry asks for long-term, comprehensive approach to Age Pension

LAURA MILLAN | FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014

... Age Pension," AIST chief executive Tom Garcia said. The AIST asked the government to ensure that retirees and older Australians who have missed out on a lifetime of super are not penalised by the proposed measures and that they will be eligible to receive ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI | 12:42PM

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI | 12:34PM

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI | 12:17PM

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA | 12:29PM

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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