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New ASFA course focuses on post-retirement

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... product issuers when it comes to post-retirement. The course will help financial advisers and funds respond to the ageing population and the growing need for comprehensive retirement advice and products. The ASFA Certificate of Post-retirement focuses ...

New HNWIs demand unbundled services

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... last year. "The decline in usage comes from the fact that advisers have slightly missed out on the growth of the HNW population," said Investment Trends analyst Irene Guiamatsia. Changing investor attitudes play a role too: as the report indicates, new ...

Economic growth to slow significantly: IGR

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... expected to be slower than the 3.15% per annum, or 1.7% per person, achieved over the past 40 years due to an ageing population and gradual decline in the participation rate. "To achieve this level of growth going forward, we must take steps to build ...

Government seeks further Asia Funds Passport consultation

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... The Financial Services Council said welcomed the release of the regional consultation paper. "With 60% of the world's population but only 12% of the worldwide funds under management, Asia has an enormous potential to increase its access to managed funds," ...

Millionaire investors swell in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... Trends' latest report revealed. Australia minted 43,500 new millionaires over 2014 and the high net worth (HNW) investor population went from 400,000 in November 2013 to 443,500 in October 2014, the Investment Trends HNW Investor Report found. "This ...

Only a quarter of Australians contributing to reach retirement goals

ALEX GAMBOTTO-BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... targets," said Club Plus chief executive Paul Cahill. "When considering this inconsistency in the context of an ageing population and continued stresses on government budgets, it's quite possible that Australia may be headed into a perfect storm where ...

Demography must drive reform

ANDREW BRAGG, FSC DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GLOBAL MARKETS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... for governments as bolstering revenue means new taxes. A Less expenditure means reducing benefits and new policies on population, participation and productivity may be difficult to sell. Looking at similar demography, in 2006, the UK Pensions Commission ...

Advisers need to spell out actual retirement outcomes

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
... retirement is actually 59 due to unforeseen circumstances such as illness and retrenchment. This means that as per ABS Population Projections, Australians will generally spend 24% of their lives in retirement. To illustrate the problem, Barnett highlighted ...

AMP Capital joins retirement education portal

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
... leader, Wade Matterson commented: "It is important we have an open dialogue about the many issues facing our aging population and support financial advisers who are the front line of this discussion." The two companies also teamed up to launch the inaugural ...

CBA wealth management FUA up 11%

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
... economy has many of the foundations necessary to make a successful transition from its dependence on resource investment. Population growth, a vibrant construction sector, some signs of increased business investment, greater trade access supported by ...