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Wizard boss tips investment property supporting mortgage sector

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2004
Baby boomers are increasingly hitching their retirement to investment property rather than superannuation which will support the home loan industry in years to come, Wizard Home Loans executive chairman Mark Bouris said yesterday. Mr Bouris, speaking ...

Baby boomers to be urged to rethink early retirement

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2004
Baby boomers will be urged to rethink their retirement plans in a major speech by Treasurer Peter Costello today, which will form a cornerstone of the coalition's re-election strategy. Costello is expected to push later retirement and measures to encourage ...

Commonwealth Bank chief calls for raised labour productivity

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2003
The head of Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has called for improved labour force productivity before the nation's ageing population becomes a drag on prosperity. CBA chief executive David Murray said the clock was ticking as baby boomers headed ...

ASFA strongly argues in favour of a cut in super contributions tax

The elimination of the 15 per cent contributions tax on super in next year's budget would benefit the economic wellbeing of Australians and the nation as a whole, than another minor income tax cut, according to the Association of Superannuation Funds ...

ASFA comments on IFSA policy statement

IFSA's policy statement that identifies a Retirement Savings Gap, demonstrates the consensus emerging on the inadequacy of Australia's retirement income policy and the key steps needed to address it, according to the Association of Superannuation Funds ...

Sharp reduction in inheritance wealth despite rise in per capita income: AMP

Four in five baby boomers mightn't receive a significant inheritance, despite accumulated wealth per Australian having tripled since the 1960s, National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM) research - released by AMP - has revealed. Although ...

Macquarie predicts stable outlook for property market

... would be in the non-residential property markets and would arise from observing the moves made by the influential baby boomer generation, Macquarie Property said. "The next major trend for baby boomers will be the move toward communal living," Cornish ...

ASFA lambasts government on super tax policy

John Fernando The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) today criticised the Federal Government for "not living up to its election commitments to provide a better retirement future for Australians." ASFA said that spending on defence ...