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Budget a 'missed opportunity': ISA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... fiscal challenges is increasing pension costs combined with increasing aged care and health costs. Due to an ageing population, over the next 50 years it is expected that these three areas share of GDP will soar from 7.6% to 13.3% which is clearly unsustainable." ...

AustralianSuper consortium picks up QLD motorways for $7bn

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
... motorways that serve Brisbane's commuters. It comes with CPI-linked pricing and its use is underpinned by a robust population and employment outlook for south east Queensland," he said. Delaney reinforced the fund's commitment to investing in infrastructure. ...

Think tank calls to end super tax concessions

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... government may consider raising the Age Pension eligibility age to 70 to offset a blow-out in costs caused by an ageing population. The Australia Institute proposes that Australia abolish tax concessions for superannuation and create a universal (non-means ...

APEC releases Asian Funds Passport discussion paper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
... of the share of global funds management activity," FSC chief executive John Brogden said. "It has 60% of the world's population but only 12% of worldwide funds under management. There is significant potential for Asia to increase its share." He continued ...

Could government issue its own annuities?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... in the creation of a functioning annuities and longevity insurance market, according to the Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR) in its submission to the Financial System Inquiry. While there is near universal agreement that Australia ...

Younger Australians taking interest in superannuation

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... (11.3%) Western Australians expect to have more than enough money to retire on, compared to 4% for the rest of the population, while Queenslanders feel the least prepared with over 50% having far from enough money at retirement. "Many people don't start ...

Prescriptions galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014

US retirement assets reach US$23tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... Australian superannuation system, seems astronomical. It is actually corresponds similarly to our system when you compare population. The figures released by the US Investment Company Institute (ICI), also reveal that retirement savings represent 34% ...

Murray inquiry initial submissions due today

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
... "significant policy changes" so that Australia's financial sector and retirement income system can cope with the ageing population. The organisation highlighted in its submission that "Australia faces a sharply increasing demand for acute health care ...

FoFA uncertainty presents good buying opportunity

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... view this uncertainty is a temporary thing, and in the long run advice will prove to be indispensable for an ageing population with increasing superannuation balances. "There will need to be more advice to people, not just in that accumulation phase ...