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Make super review your New Year's resolution

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2012
... your superannuation should be on everyone's list of New Year's resolutions for 2013. It's never too early to start planning for how you'll fund your lifestyle when you retire," said Gemma Dale, head of MLC technical services. "It's estimated that singles ...

Relax legislation on deferred annuities: Challenger

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... risk, so providers need more scope from regulators to create deferred annuities products, he said. "When you are planning for retirement, you are accepting a 50% chance that you won't have sufficient income to live off," said Benari. "As the impact of ...

Government should act fast on Johnson Report: FSC

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
... Australia. Australia's resources and its location in Asia Pacific have contributed to its uninterrupted growth, but planning for the future needs to happen now to ensure its prosperity continues, Maia said.

Enduring baby boomers redefine retirement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... wealth outcomes who - based on emerging actuarial analysis - can look to a life expectancy well into their mid 90s. "Planning for retirement was never an issue before, people expected to drop dead in their workplace." The question for people servicing ...

Mid-level PE an outstanding opportunity

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
... looking to engage in funding for management buy-outs, management buy-ins, buy-and-build strategies and succession planning for businesses with annual earnings in the $5 million to $30 million range, with an enterprise value of between $25 and $150 mi ...

IAG urges Asia focus

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... countries but are yet to enter Indonesia. Wilkins said that 2020 is not some far off distant point and that the time for planning for the future is here and now.

Climate change already an insurance risk

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... effects as well. "One in 100 year flood [events] become one in 17 year flood [events]," it noted. They have to begin planning for these possibilities, regardless if the climate change is a natural phenomenon or is caused by human factors, because "small ...

ASIC suspends practice licence

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
ASIC has suspended the licence of Australian Performance Financial Planning for three months for unknown reasons. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) suspended the Australian financial services licence of the Sydney-based planning ...

Estate planning specialist joins Equity Trustees

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
... plans. "As babyboomers reach retirement age, there is an increasing number of people recognising the need to start planning for how their estate will be distributed on their death. "Many have complicated financial situations including superannuation ...

Macquarie sees managed accounts surge

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... to expect that managed accounts will increasingly gather interest from investors, especially among those who are planning for retirement," said Stewart. Damian Graham, head of Macquarie Private Portfolio Management, said it was the obvious tax benefits ...