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Population explosion to reshape wealth and pension

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
Financial planners and super funds will be catering for a much bigger market than previously thought, after Treasurer Wayne Swan said the population could grow to 35 million by 2049, much higher than earlier estimates of around 28 million. Speaking ...

Lift retirement age, lower long term benefits: IMF

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said countries should consider lifting their retirement ages, raising pension fund contribution rates and containing age-related expenditures such as health costs. The irony however is that countries with largely ...

Lowenhaupt Global Advisors lands in Oz

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
US-based specialist financial advisory firm Lowenhaupt Global Advisors has set up shop in Sydney. Lowenhaupt Global Advisors, a firm that calls wealthy families its niche audience, has opened a Sydney office - the latest addition to the firm's existing ...

Philanthropy gets a boost at GSJBW

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
The philanthropic services team at Goldman Sachs JBWere (GSJBW) received a boost recently with the appointment of Kelley McLendon as director, philanthropic services. "Philanthropy is emerging as a topic clients are raising more frequently with their ...

Demography is destiny: IGR

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
Treasurer Peter Costello has released the updated Intergenerational Report (IGR) showing that while the impact of population ageing is Australia's biggest policy challenge, incorporating its imperatives into Government policy can pay big dividends later ...

Ageing population challenges require updated IGR

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2007
Population ageing and its implications is Australia's central long-term policy challenge requiring an update to the Intergenerational Report, said Treasurer Peter Costello. "The central long-term problem for the Australian economy is that our population ...

Budget super changes not for low budgets

Anne-Marie Corboy, the chief executive of award-winning super fund HESTA, has urged the government to abolish the contributions tax and get rid of the $450 income per month threshold, arguing that the recent Budget changes are for the rich and have ...

Cutting super benefit taxes affordable: IAA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2006
Despite complaints from some industry experts that the Budget tax reforms were unaffordable, the Institute of Actuaries of Australia (IAA) has released research arguing the proposals will have only a minimal impact on government revenues. "The apparent ...

Living standards predicted to fall

Ageing demographics and rising health costs will see Australia's living standards fall 27% below what they would otherwise be - the equivalent of $130 billion a year in today's terms, according to a report released last week by the Association of Superannuation ...

Actuary urges policies to deal with inter-generational pressures

Echoing recent comments from high-ranking government officials, the newly elected president of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia, Graham Rogers, has warned Australia faces significant inter-generational issues that will lead to pressures on retirement ...