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MySuper inches to $1tn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2023
... billion or 6.1% year on year. Such increases are in line with longer term trends due to a maturing superannuation system and ageing population, APRA said. Super funds continue to favour local and international equities as 22% and 27% of total assets ...

Ad hoc changes to super scare self-funded retirees: ASA

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2023
... Australians to have a comfortable retirement. "...This removes the growing burden of a government pension for an increasingly ageing population," it said. "We consider this to be a complex issue to tackle, and worthwhile." According to the ASA, it sees ...

Cut spending and raise taxes, super preservation age: Grattan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023
... Commission that raising the access age to 65 would boost workforce participation by about 2%, easing pressures caused by the ageing population. Earlier access could be afforded to those with a disability, carers, and First Nations people who typically ...

Investor education combats emotions: Experts

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2023
... individuals," Davies said. In the past, super funds were primarily focused on accumulation rather than retirement. However, with an ageing population and shift towards retirement planning, spurred by the introduction of the Retirement Income Covenant ...

REITs merit place in multi-asset portfolios: Insight

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2023
... not be able to purchase property. "Real estate uses, and demand drivers continue to evolve. Work from home, e-commerce, ageing demographics, and cloud computing are great examples of trends that are writing the next chapter for commercial real estate," ...

The seven global megatrends to watch: CSIRO

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2023
... imperative', looks at the story around the ever-growing demand for healthcare services in Australia. "Our population is ageing and we continue to battle a high burden of chronic disease," Naughtin said. "When we look across healthcare expenditure within ...

Advice industry must change as population ages: Expert

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... the impact on advice. "Multistage lives where people are of different biological ages and differ in the way they're ageing requires much more bespoke advice," he said. He said the modern pension system itself is derived from 20th century three-stage ...

Australia leads the way in pension system sustainability: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023
... decline from 2.6% to 2.1% of GDP by 2060. Oppositely, many OECD retirement income systems have poor system design, population ageing, and elevated inflation imperilling long-term sustainability. The average OECD government spend on pension payments will ...

Dataset to ease policy planning for ageing population

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023
With an ageing population but no accepted approach for measuring the age of retirement, KPMG has taken the same approach used to determine life expectancy to produce an age of retirement dataset. In producing the dataset, KPMG has determined the expected ...

All financial advice should be tax deductible: FPA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2023
... Resort (CSLR) following the Royal Commission but added the government's proposed model is based on recommendations from "an ageing report" and "out-of-date data." The FPA outlined a few recommendations around the design and implementation of the proposed ...