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Sustaining confidence in the Australian financial system: Murray

DAVID MURRAY | TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014

... We think there is an opportunity for innovation to deliver better outcomes for retirees and better meet the needs of an ageing population. There is, however, a deeper issue here. One of the things that struck us from submissions is the absence of a shared ...

Demographic shift injects growth into healthcare property investment

MARK SMITH | FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014

... Hospitals, medical centres and aged care facilities are proving an attractive means for investors to benefit from Australia's ageing demographic story, according to Australian Unity Investment's general manager Mark Pratt. The property expert, who is ...

Third arrow, broken arrow

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014

... company taxes, increasing women's and older workers participation in the labour force, lifting the birth rate (because of its ageing population), promoting the use of foreign workers, and so on. Then again, the proof of the pudding is in the eating. ...

FEATURE: Gear up for retirement

LAURA MILLAN | FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014

... pre-retirees. Australians were confronted with the crude reality that the system cannot cater for the needs of the country's ageing population and self-funded retirement is not optional anymore. Retirees will increasingly have to build retirement portfolios ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

Budget a 'missed opportunity': ISA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014

... long-term fiscal challenges is increasing pension costs combined with increasing aged care and health costs. Due to an ageing population, over the next 50 years it is expected that these three areas share of GDP will soar from 7.6% to 13.3% which is ...

FSI to focus on the technology challenge

LAURA MILLAN | TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014

... the most frequent issues raised in the first submissions to the inquiry were regulation, competition, consumer outcomes, ageing and super, banking and technology. He said that the inquiry will be looking at technology, but not as an end in itself. "It ...

David Murray gives first insight into FSI

LAURA MILLAN | FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014

The Financial System Inquiry (FSI) chairman David Murray said that the committee will focus on ageing, technology and innovation as drivers of change and at how these affect regulation, competition and consumer outcomes. Murray said that the committee ...

Think tank calls to end super tax concessions

MARK SMITH | TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014

... that the government may consider raising the Age Pension eligibility age to 70 to offset a blow-out in costs caused by an ageing population. The Australia Institute proposes that Australia abolish tax concessions for superannuation and create a universal ...

Could government issue its own annuities?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014

... creation of a functioning annuities and longevity insurance market, according to the Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR) in its submission to the Financial System Inquiry. While there is near universal agreement that Australia ...

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Invesco launches new equity fund

ELIZA BAVIN | 12:13PM

Invesco said the new fund will give Australian investors access to a systematic global equity strategy with a 20-year track record.

FCA pursues Neil Woodford again

KARREN VERGARA | 12:05PM

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is going after failed fund manager Neil Woodford again, this time for allegedly providing unauthorised investment advice via W4.0, his Dubai-based investment platform.

Former APRA deputy chair launches retirement solutions startup

KARREN VERGARA | 12:03PM

A former APRA deputy chair has launched CipherIQ, a new venture that provides retirement solutions via account-based pensions in partnership with superannuation funds, financial advisers and retirees.

Global X launches space tech ETF

MATTHEW WAI | 11:12AM

Global X has now launched the space tech ETF (ASX: MOON).

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