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Commissioner urges action on super savings

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
With women predicted to live to the average age of 95, Susan Ryan AO, Age Discrimination Commissioner spoke with super funds yesterday about the role they can play to protect ageing Australians. Speaking at Women in Super event, Ryan said superannuation ...

AUI banking on insto retirement capital

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
Australian Unity Investments (AUI) hopes to secure seed capital for its retirement village fund within the next two to three months and is looking to super funds for $200 million in the long run. While insisting that AUI remains committed to the retail ...

Planners still optimistic: MLC

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2008
Bad markets? Tick. Shaky economic times? Tick. Planners' business growth? Tick. Despite the market downturn, 43 per cent of financial planning business owners are confident their business will grow by more 25 per cent per year in the next five years ...

Popularity of reverse mortgages set to rise

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2005
An ageing Australian population and a widening retirement savings gap are set to give rise to a robust reverse mortgage industry, analysts say. But the product needed a significant public perceptions makeover if financial planners were to broaden the ...

Ageing population places more fiscal pressure on the Government

... Government's emphasis on increasing participation and productivity to address the economic implications of an ageing Australia," he says. The Federal Government has already put in place a umber of initiatives to help address the issue including a new ...

Future ageing population needs funding now

The Productivity Report on Ageing Australia has emphasised the need to address the financial ramifications of the countries ever increasing ageing population. The report predicts the Australian economy will experience a double blow by the financial ...

Senator Coonan reaffirms government's commitment to retirement savings

Senator Helen Coonan, the minister for revenue and assistant treasurer, has said that the superannuation surcharge reduction and co-contribution measures are aimed at removing the disincentive facing those able to save for their retirement and boosting ...
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