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Business doesn't buy compulsory healthcare: Watson Wyatt

... of people aged over 50. Pauline Durant, principal and senior actuary at Watson Wyatt Australia said that as the population ages, healthcare costs will become expensive. "As highlighted by Treasury estimates, spending on health and aged care is projected ...

Pentacle adds more experience to the team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2006
Pentacle Property Funds Management has announced the recruitment of another experienced industry professional to its investment team with the appointment of Arthur Apted. Apted brings extensive property investment experience to Pentacle, most recently ...

New kid on the ratings block: Heron

Superannuation consulting group The Heron Partnership has joined Chant West, Rainmaker and SuperRatings in the superannuation product ratings game with the launch of its own fund ratings service. The group reviewed 98 funds from the industry fund, master ...

Pillar to get $4.5 million IT upgrade

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2006
Super fund administrator Pillar is to get a $4.5 million IT hardware and data storage upgrade. The development initiative was announced in yesterday's NSW Government Budget. Pillar is wholly owned by the NSW Government. In its Budget statements, the ...

Women like risk, men think too much

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2006
... behavioral element out of investing. And maybe we can design products that switch investors into different segments at different ages. Life cycles products are a great example of this," said McNaughton. Further, she said super funds needed to carefully ...

New survey debunks age-old investor behaviour views

... starting to see now is lifecycle products. These are the sort of products that an investor goes into and as the investor ages, the allocation to risky assets like growth funds decreases," McNaughton said. "In the results, we found differences in the ...

Over 65s insurance blues over

... Cover to an Activities of Daily Living based 'loss of independent existence' style policy after age 65. This means that from ages 65 to 90, the definition of the 'new' cover is on the insured person not being able to perform two of typical 'daily living ...

Consumers getting the message on super: ANOP

... almost 20 per cent, up to 50 per cent from 32 per cent in October 2004. The ASFA study surveyed 504 Australians, between the ages of 25 and 64. ANOP Research Services managing director, Rod Cameron, said the study delivered a resounding message that ...

Navigator expands investment menus

... Stuart Fechner says that far from discounting equities in preference of more conservative investments, as the population ages there will be a gap for equities products in investor's portfolio plans. "The fact is, most investors either retired or approaching ...

AGEST replaces Superpartners with Pillar as new administrator

Industry fund, the Australian Government Employees Superannuation Trust (AGEST) has replaced long-term administration provider Superpartners with Pillar Administration. The decision followed a comprehensive tender process with the assistance of research ...