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Shorten maps out government super legacy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
Bill Shorten, minister for Superannuation and Financial Services, has used a speech to a Financial Services Council (FSC) dinner at Parliament House in Canberra to assertively defend the government's reform record on superannuation. Shorten listed a ...

MLC: Seniors more engaged online

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012
Seniors are more likely to engage with their superannuation fund online, according to new research from MLC. Clients aged between sixty and seventy are more likely to check their superannuation account online at least once every six months, despite ...

Tax concessions focus of Super roundtable

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
Better information on tax concessions, the operation of superannuation post-retirement and improving super for women dominated the inaugural superannuation roundtable meeting yesterday. The administration of a $50,000 concessional cap for Australians ...

Euro solar attracting Australian investment

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
Australian investors are investing in European renewable energy markets instead of domestic due to lack of stability and uncertainty at home, according to private equity firm Polaris Energy. The Luxembourg-based company said that Australian investors ...

Report finds retirement income advice shortfall

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
Australians over 40 years of age may not be receiving the type of advice they need after a report found less than half of respondents to a survey are getting advice on retirement income planning. The Investment Trends 2009 Retirement Income Report based ...

Today is the International Day of Older Persons

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
By lunchtime today Australia's population is expected to break through 22 million, there are 2.7 million Australians over the age of 65 and today is the International Day of Older Persons. This year sees the tenth anniversary of the day, first proclaimed ...

Population explosion to reshape wealth and pension

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
Financial planners and super funds will be catering for a much bigger market than previously thought, after Treasurer Wayne Swan said the population could grow to 35 million by 2049, much higher than earlier estimates of around 28 million. Speaking ...

That four-letter word

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2007
Debt is becoming a colossal problem in Australian and we seem to be losing the battle to pay it as defaults across credit card debt, personal loans and mortgages have risen nationally by 35.5 per cent. In their latest study, based on 14million-plus ...

Don't gamble with personal insurance: AXA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
Australians seem only too happy to invest in Lotto and gamble with personal insurance, something AXA finds puzzling considering how unlikely it is a Lotto win will be there to support them when their income can't. Statistically, it's no small gamble. ...

Bluestone reverse mortgage to offer interest rate protection

Bluestone Equity Release, a subsidiary of Bluestone Group, has released a new reverse mortgage product with a "capped for life" variable rate providing interest rate protection for retirees. Estimated to be worth $600 million in 2005, the reverse mortgage ...