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Trust Company eyes personal touch to build on growth

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
... investment in new technology to develop engagement with personal clients. "We look at all long term demographic trends, ageing population and accumulation of personal wealth through super. We're targeting the post accumulation retiree market. We have ...

Property the key to longevity risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... inflation," he said. Stacker said self-managed super funds were hesitant to give up defensive assets but had to grow wealth as ageing baby boomers needed to address longevity risk - leaving direct property investment as a natural portfolio fit. Charter ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... plant as the death toll from the disaster on the ravaged northeast coast is forecast to exceed 10,000. An explosion at the ageing Fukushima atomic plant blew apart the building housing one of its reactors on Saturday, a day after the biggest quake ever ...

Dutch pension tackles longevity risk and ageing population

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... pension system will soon introduce a new pension contract that would tackle the dual challenges of longevity risk and an ageing population. The Netherlands has a mandatory pension system based on generous defined benefits but an ageing population with ...

New beginnings at Tower

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
... into Australia shouldn't be all that surprising. Diversification out of a low growth economy plagued by deflation and an ageing population, into an economy with a rapidly growing retirement savings pool makes perfect business sense. Particularly so in ...

Super back in the spotlight

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
... to retirement savings and the Australian economy it will become more difficult for the nation to meet the demands of an ageing population. Superannuation plays a significant role in strengthening the Australian economy," Vamos said.

Investec eyes aircraft leasing market

NEWS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
... fund's target, noting that airlines are increasingly using operating leases as a source of funding as they grow or replace ageing fleets. "With the continued support from our institutional investors, Investec Global Aircraft Fund is on track to double ...

Let the lobbying begin

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
... policy and I would expect the Independents, who seem like forward thinking people, would want to deal with the problem of an ageing population," Reynolds said.

Challenger back in the black, annuity sales trebles

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
... than three-fold from $514 million to $2.19 billion. Retail sales of annuities alone rose 82 per cent to $933 million. "An ageing population is on our side, as the emerging realisation that share market volatility has delivered a lot of pain for little ...

SMSFs carry underlying key person risk: report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
... trustees are already encouraged to file an Enduring Power of Attorney when they set up an SMSF to address issues around ageing. The legal document allows someone, such as a family member, to take over control of the fund if the trustee can no longer ...