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Multi asset and income in favour: PIMCO

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... said. "Our clients' increasing focus on income-oriented solutions is supported by both demographic and market realities. An aging population naturally focuses on steady sources of income and uncertainty about long-term market returns augments investor ...

Easy money to fill in the slack at the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... Recession. Along with cyclical influences, significant structural factors have affected the labor market, including the aging of the workforce and other demographic trends, possible changes in the underlying degree of dynamism in the labor market, and ...

Baby boomers account for four in five dollars under advice

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
... clients, and four out of every five dollars under advice, the latest report from researcher Investment Trends shows. An aging population and generational wealth differences have made retirees and pre-retirees the pre-eminent markets for financial planners ...

Hockey signals pension age might climb to 70

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... broadening the GST base is not a significant enough structural policy change to address the much more complex issue of an aging Australia. But it was Hockey's citation of IMF recommendations for more countries to consider raising their pension ages that ...

UBS launches Australian dividend ETF

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014
... market at a time where lower cash rates and government bond yields are driving demand for yield producing investments, and an aging population is seeking a steady source of retirement income. Managed by UBS Global Asset Management, DIV will provide investors ...

Industry bodies call for Government LISC U-turn

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
... term public policy in relation to superannuation and retirement incomes, especially given the financial implications of the aging population," it said in its submission. The AIST said it "strongly recommends" that the LISC be adopted by the Government. ...

Coalition super plan to harm retirees, low income earners

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... superannuation will reduce retirement savings by $46 billion over the next 10 years. "It will also push the increased cost of an aging population onto future generations."

May Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... survey that found that all five ex-Bank of Japan (BOJ) officials doubt whether 'Abenomics' would succeed because of its "aging society" and four "seeing little chance that the BOJ will achieve its 2 percent inflation target". That's Japan's nasty news. ...

Use super to help pay health costs: CEDA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
... will almost double to 7% of GDP. While this growth can be contained by some structural reforms, 40% of it is still due to aging and population factors and 60% is due to greater utilisation of more advanced treatments driven by innovation and technology. ...

Australia better long-term bet than the US

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
... Koesterich said that interests rates are likely to remain lower for longer than most economists predict as the trends of aging demographics and household deleveraging sees fewer people borrowing.