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But they said it was Iraq

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... March quarter of 2009. No worries. This, after all, is the economic story that happened in the January to March period - ages ago - and it was distorted by the polar vortex. The June quarter should be better. Fresher data releases show US consumer confidence ...

Treasurer readies electorate for Age Pension cuts

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
... earlier this month in Washington, the Treasurer cited IMF recommendations for more countries to consider raising their pension ages, before hinting that this government was considering raising the eligibility age to 70. A report by an independent Commission ...

FSC lobbies against super "7 year gap"

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
... citation of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) recommendation that more countries should consider raising their pension ages during a speech in 'The Global Age of Responsibility, Reinventing Bretton Woods Conference,' in Washington this week. Hockey's ...

Protection needed if pension age increased: AIST

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... and referred to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recommendation that more countries should consider raising pension ages. However the AIST said that there were other considerations government must make before making such an increase. "Those advocating ...

Hockey signals pension age might climb to 70

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... aging Australia. But it was Hockey's citation of IMF recommendations for more countries to consider raising their pension ages that stirred the most reaction. While Hockey's statements on raising the pension age have been criticised largely along party ...

CareSuper reshuffles board, appoints first female chair

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
The CareSuper Board has appointed member director Cate Wood as its first female chair and employer director David Michaelis has been appointed deputy chair. Outgoing chair Sandy Grant will continue as an employer director on the CareSuper Board. The ...

MetLife launches long-awaited retirement product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
... with markets (hence the 'growth' element). There is also always the option to withdraw funds from the product. Between the ages of 60 and 65, the lifetime annuity guarantees returns of 4% plus 1% bonus for 5 years. Between 65 and 70 this rises to 4.5% ...

Gen Ys engaged with life insurance

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
... seeking out financial products and advice." The survey was conducted online by Galaxy Research with 1,260 Australians, from the ages of 18-69 years old.

Retail funds favour lifecycle MySuper options

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
... example, between 1985 and 1989 have 90% of their super allocated to growth balances and 10% to defensive assets. Between the ages of 50 and 60, the member's assets move in stages to a more defensive strategy, finishing at a growth to defensive ration ...

MySuper lifecycle options not for everyone: AusSuper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014
... order to preserve accumulated gains. The lifecycle options have got more coverage than the homogeneous, one-strategy-fits-all-ages options. But according to Barker, for a fund like AustralianSuper, whose members have comparatively lower balances than ...