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ISA appoints retirement policy adviser

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... policy adviser. Phil Gallagher is a statistician and policy modeller specialising in retirement incomes and population ageing. He has overseen quantitative analysis of Commonwealth social and economic policies since 1975. At ISA he will concentrate on ...

Australian Unity completes capital raising for new fund

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... development, and others like it, will allow us to play a greater role in meeting the housing and infrastructure needs of ageing Australia in a way that also supports the interests of investors." At the same time, Australian Unity has also appointed two ...

Equity Trustees appoints WA estate planning lawyer

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... prides itself on," Hacker said. "In particular, financial advisers must increasingly respond to the demands of Australia's ageing population as well as the changing requirement of blended families and people having more than one partner during their ...

Retirement income sector keeps pace with population changes

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... "highest income" as their highest or second-highest priority for retiree clients. "Planner expectations reflect Australia's ageing Baby Boomer generation," said Investment Trends senior analyst Recep Peker. "Over the next 25 years the number of Australians ...

Seniors weigh in on super tax discussion

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
... Ian Yates recently said the policies need to be reviewed collectively if "we are to get the best outcome for Australia's ageing population and the budget." "Interest groups are talking about individual proposals for parts of the retirement income system ...

New ASFA course focuses on post-retirement

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... and product issuers when it comes to post-retirement. The course will help financial advisers and funds respond to the ageing population and the growing need for comprehensive retirement advice and products. The ASFA Certificate of Post-retirement focuses ...

IGR proves current welfare level is unsustainable: FSC

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... pension.A This level of social welfare cannot be sustained." Loane argued that "superannuation must be allowed to reduce ageing costs. This will be achieved through properly calibrating the super and age pension systems.A Over time, this should reduce ...

Economic growth to slow significantly: IGR

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... growth rate is expected to be slower than the 3.15% per annum, or 1.7% per person, achieved over the past 40 years due to an ageing population and gradual decline in the participation rate. "To achieve this level of growth going forward, we must take ...

Only a quarter of Australians contributing to reach retirement goals

ALEX GAMBOTTO-BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... meet these targets," said Club Plus chief executive Paul Cahill. "When considering this inconsistency in the context of an ageing population and continued stresses on government budgets, it's quite possible that Australia may be headed into a perfect ...

Demography must drive reform

ANDREW BRAGG, FSC DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GLOBAL MARKETS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... is an issue which reaches beyond our shores and four year budget cycles. Like many Eastern and Western nations, we are ageing. It is now 13 years since the then Federal Treasurer, Peter Costello, warned that "demography is destiny" when he released the ...