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UniSuper selects new group insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
... phase of your life..." At the same time, UniSuper is adjusting its premiums based on the likelihood of claims at different ages and also introduced the rates based on members' sex at birth, explaining that males are more likely to claim on death and ...

Australian Retirement Trust announces new investment strategy and options

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024
... money invested in growth assets for longer, which is expected to have higher returns over the long term for members of all ages. "Streamlining our investment menu also means that from 1 July 2024, our competitive Growth investment option, that we're ...

Taskforce suggests aged care funding be based on personal wealth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... expected to be wealthier because of the superannuation system, and the number of taxpayers is declining as the population ages. The taskforce said it has made its recommendations with the aim of not creating new or exacerbating existing intergenerational ...

Retirement phase of superannuation consultation opens

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023
... later in life), forward-planned income stream that accounts for the member's preferences (such as higher income at earlier ages), and an investment allocation that adjusts the investment risk for the member's stage in retirement. This could mean super ...

Billionaires of all ages watching AI: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023
Across the globe, billionaires of all generations are watching and are likely to continue following the opportunities and risks of generative artificial intelligence (AI). The latest UBS Billionaire Ambitions Report, now in its ninth edition, surveyed ...

Ageing population measures needs rethink: Mercer

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2023
... referenced old-age dependency ratio, which measures the number of people aged 65 or over against per 100 people of working ages between 15 and 64. The 2023 Intergenerational Report (IGR) continues to publish this ratio, but this approach is outdated ...

ASFA, Super Consumers Australia revise retirement standards

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2023
... as improve the sustainability of the Age Pension and take pressure off future federal Government budgets as the population ages." In line with ASFA, SCA also updated its retirement targets considering increases to the cost of living and a higher Age ...

IGR to spark fresh retirement income consultation

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2023
... system already pays out double to retirees than the Age Pension and will lessen the cost of retirement even as the population ages," ISA deputy chief executive Matt Linden said. ISA states about half of the nation's newly retired, those aged between ...

IFM Investors names chair

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2023
Cath Bowtell will become IFM Investors' new chair, as former politician Lindsay Tanner joins the board as an independent director. Bowtell, who currently serves as the group's deputy chair, chair of the people and remuneration committee and ...

Cheques to wind down by 2030: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023
... Although it's not yet clear how cash with fit into a digital society, Chalmers reinforced the need to step out of the dark ages. "It's about setting us up for the future," he said. "Recognising that the opportunities that exist at the intersection ...