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No difference between retail and insto: RARE

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... also work in the retail, he added, "it doesn't necessarily work the other way round." However he did not discuss the impediments to retail investors accessing unlisted infrastructure, which normally requires huge lump sum investments and the willingness ...

Could government issue its own annuities?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... Funds of Australia (ASFA), the Actuaries Institute, UniSuper and Challenger - focused on the need to remove regulatory impediments to the development of products such as deferred lifetime annuities. ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos, for example, said ...

Actuaries call for overhaul of retirement phase rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
... of the retirement phase of superannuation, including changing the rules around lumps sum withdrawals and removing impediments to older people who want to continue working. In its pre-budget submission to Treasury, the Actuaries Institute also recommended ...

Credit Suisse goes "wild" in its 2014 outlook

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... many allocations around the globe," the analysts said. "The Murray Financial System review will no doubt look at the impediments to the development of the credit market in Australia."

ASFA calls for clarity on retirement income review

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... step towards ensuring Australia's retirees are guarded against the financial consequences of longevity. Removing such impediments would also encourage product innovation," it said. The previous government had planned to legislate the proposed reforms ...

China unlikely to achieve 10% growth again

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
... growth in China, Baur observed that "after 14 years of a tremendous boom in emerging markets, there are structural impediments: inflation has risen, interest rates are starting to rise, profit is being squeezed by raising wages and some have taken too ...

MetLife poised to enter DLA market

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... insurer MetLife will launch a deferred lifetime annuity into the Australian market if the current legislative and other impediments are removed. Speaking in a panel discussion hosted by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), MetLife ...

Government must lift annuities impediments: ASFA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has called on the Government to reduce impediments to the provision of adequate retirement income stream products such as annuities. ASFA acting chief executive Ross Clare said now was an "opportune ...

ISN welcomes new National Infrastructure Plan

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
... Linden said. Linden also said the plan demonstrated that Infrastructure Australia had taken into account concerns over impediments to investment, outlined in a recent paper by the ISN. "The report acknowledges the need to reform bid processes to reduce ...

Infrastructure trumps other assets over time: ISN

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... investments." The ISN plans to invest up to $15 billion in infrastructure over the next five years. However, it said certain impediments - such as liquidity issues, and the favouring of investment bank-led syndicates in current bid processes - make investment ...