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Transition to retirement still a mystery

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2007
... taxed nil per cent," he said. "TTR pension income received by individuals is subject to concessional tax arrangements between ages 55 and 59, and becomes completely tax free from age 60." To inform more Australian investors about TTR strategies, Macquarie ...

AGEST Super on record breaking run

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2007
AGEST Super, a public offer industry fund that targets Australian government employees, has reported a stellar financial year, with total contributions and fund assets setting new records for the fund. Contributions and rollovers to the fund for FY06 ...

Super fees jump triple inflation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2007
Rainmaker has released their 2007 super and retirement fund survey, showing fees have jumped 8 per cent, or nearly three times the inflation rate. But the continuing performance bull run is distracting funds more focused on expanding their investments ...

Costello launches Simpler Super ad campaign

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
... of our response to these challenges." "For these reforms to be effective, it is important that Australian workers of all ages understand how they can use superannuation to provide for their retirement," Dutton added. "This initiative will use a variety ...

Trauma insurance to expand

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2007
... financial protection at AXA Australia, said, "People living longer and earning more money has pushed up sum insureds and entry ages are getting older as well. It's lead to us developing more 'buy/back' options, particularly in our trauma insurance policies ...

AIG improves insurance

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
... modules added to give advisers more flexibility when writing insurance for clients. Other changes include improved entry ages across the product range, increased premium discounts for term insurance, a new limited term insurance option for those who ...

Ageing population challenges require updated IGR

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2007
... fertility rate. We are showing progress in relation to that," said Costello. But it's not just about savings and retirement ages as health care costs are also part of the equation. "We have got to make sure that our focus on medical care is for good ...

AGEST to hold AGM

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2007
Public offer industry fund AGEST will join the elite list of super funds brave enough to directly front their members in person when it holds its first member meeting in Canberra on 19 April. Michael Seton, chief executive of AGEST, said, "This is the ...

Just debit it: Centricom

... have a credit card or don't trust the internet with their details. For example, 47 per cent of non-online shoppers between ages 15 to 24 do not have a credit card and nearly a third (29 per cent) of those aged 40 to 55 do not trust the internet with ...

AXA boosts group cover

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2006
... raising the maximum levels of insurance for death and total and permanent disability (TPD) as well as increasing the expiry ages for both categories. Under the new terms, but still subject to underwriting, AXA group policy holders can take out insurance ...