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Bonnie and Clyde team caught for fraud

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
... account for his own use. Some of White's victims lost almost all of their superannuation, including those approaching retirement age. Both Whites will return to the Melbourne County Court for a plea hearing on 14 July 2009. The matter is being prosecuted ...

Unions attack retirement age change

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
Just as leading Unions have stepped up their battle against lifting the retirement age, the government has been forced to dismiss their claims for special rules for manual workers labelling them unfair. The Australian newspaper today reported that the ...

Super escapes budget knives

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
... years before they retire to fast track their superannuation account balances. The decision to gently increase the retirement age to 67 years is receiving a similar reception, despite the policy being quite a reversal from the ALP's "work till you drop" ...

Future still belongs to super

... combine to make it sensible for many Australians to leave their accrued benefits in the super system well beyond retirement age," noted the Deloitte report. Rainmaker said the irony of the GFC is that rather than challenge super, it makes the reasons ...

Lift retirement age, lower long term benefits: IMF

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... cent each year to Australia's GDP by 2050. Steps governments could take to address these problems are lifting the retirement age and contribution rates. "The main tool should be increases in the effective retirement age, although other parametric changes ...

Right on target: Vanguard

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
... invested in target-date funds, or funds that automatically adjusts equity allocation based on a pre-determined retirement age, were less likely to risk everything in the sharemarket or go in the opposite direction: avoid shares altogether. For example ...

AXA extends cover for 457 visas

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
... more expensive initially, over time they are a cheaper way to purchase insurance and more affordable as you reach retirement age," he said. "A 40 year old male old non-smoker with $750,000 life insurance cover would pay $584 per annum for a stepped premium ...

Asset signs on IFFP

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2008
... Super chief executive John Paul. Paul acknowledgedthere was an increasing number of members who were approaching retirement age, and have indicated a surge of interest in financial planning. "Under this model, Asset can actively manage advice and service ...

Retirement liabilities dwarf assets six-fold

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 APR 2008
Worldwide pension savings might have doubled in the 10 years to 2006 to US$24 trillion but retirement liabilities are estimated to be more than six times that, reveals the State Street Corporation pension industry Vision Report. This disparity illustrates ...

Retirement age must rise

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 APR 2008
The call by NSW Premier Morris Iemma for a lift in the retirement age reflects simple economic reality. It also shows how naive in retrospect people were who criticised the former government's proposals to encourage workers to delay their retirement ...