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Marketing key to $480bn post-retirement opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... intentions and awareness of funds' retirement services offerings among those aged 45 and older. It found 40.6% of pre-retirees and 32.4% of post-retirees were unsure which type of fund would provide the best overall offer in retirement. The research ...

New ASFA course focuses on post-retirement

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... the retirement income stream product market, by providing developers with a sound basis as to what this growing pool of retirees need and want from post-retirement financial products."

IGR proves current welfare level is unsustainable: FSC

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... that "by 2055, there will be 2.7 working Australians for every Australian over 65 compared with 4.5 at present. 70% of retirees currently receive a pension.A This level of social welfare cannot be sustained." Loane argued that "superannuation must be ...

Tax concession debate "simplistic": SMSF Association

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... will provide the stability needed over the next 40 years to allow the system to develop and meet the needs of future retirees.

AMP Capital joins retirement education portal

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
... tackle issues such as portfolio construction in retirement and the challenges in building products to meet the needs of retirees.

UK pension funds required to warn consumers

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... written to chief executive officers of pension providers to outline government plans to introduce additional protection for retirees wishing to access their defined contribution pension pot from April this year. The policy shift to allow retirees to ...

SPAA backs government position on SMSFs

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... to help them meet their obligations. "Specialist SMSF advice can play an important role in assisting the trustees and retirees to have confidence that their decisions will achieve their desired outcomes in retirement."

ASFA outlines spending needs of nonagenarians

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
... Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has developed a new retirement standard, the ASFA Retirement Standard for Older Retirees, which outlines the expenditure required for Australians aged 90-95 to maintain a comfortable or modest lifestyle in retirement. ...

Australian Unity acquires two $80 million mortgage funds

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2014
... predicted to remain low for some time to come, mortgage funds are very well placed to provide investors, particularly retirees, with solid and stable income returns that are well above the cash rate." David Owen, chairman of Owenlaw Trust, who is retiring ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... said that "the retirement phase of superannuation is underdeveloped and does not meet the risk management needs of many retirees." It made three policy suggestions for solving this problem: introducing regulatory incentives, such as taxation measures ...