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Modest rise in retirement living costs: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
... amount for retirement is likely to get harder rather than easier in the future as governments respond to the ageing population by looking for ways for individuals to make greater private contributions to health and aged care," Vamos said. "Surveys of ...

Belabouring the labour market stats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015
... group it replaced (the outgoing rotation group in October), and a resulting higher participation rate and employment to population ratio. When considering October 2015 and November 2015 together, both months saw incoming rotation groups with employment ...

Sydney in top 10 financial centres

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015

Super changes won't close gender retirement gap: AIST

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
... currently at 18%, blows out to a far worse gap in super savings of 44%. We can't afford a system that fails half the population so badly," Campo said. "One of the key impediments to women achieving better security in retirement is the structure of super ...

Treasurer calls for planners to enter China

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
... aged care and ageing services related to the demographic challenges faced across the region." "Australia has an ageing population but we're not the only ones, and we're well placed to provide services in those countries with similar trajectories to our ...

OPINION: Super is Murray's big rock

ANDREW BRAGG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
... of our few truly intergenerational policies, designed to protect our nation against the ballooning cost of an ageing population. Calibrating super to ensure it delivers as our working population shrinks comes down to three key changes announced on Tuesday. ...

Multi-sector investments reach $555 billion

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
... increased 15%, albeit of a smaller base, while pension assets jumped the most, up 30% over those 12 months, as more of the population moves into retirement," Morningstar director of manager research ratings Tom Whitelaw said. "Multi-sector managed funds ...

The importance of Asian trade agreements

GREG O'NEILL, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE, LA TROBE  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015

Banks face wealth management challenges

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
... consumers are willing to pay for advice and what advisers are willing to charge. "With such a large portion of the population currently unadvised, a sector rebuilding trust and no let-up in the complexity of our financial system, robo-advice offerings ...

Mercer creates new role for innovation

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
... in enhanced outcomes for our clients, particularly given the financial challenges posed by Australia's rapidly aging population and increasing life expectancies," Walsh said.