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Third arrow, broken arrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
... increasing women's and older workers participation in the labour force, lifting the birth rate (because of its ageing population), promoting the use of foreign workers, and so on. Then again, the proof of the pudding is in the eating. It took the strategy ...

Senate inquiry reccommends Royal Commission into CBA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... populations ASIC oversees, with the size of each levy related to the amount of ASIC's resources allocated to regulating each population," the document said. An office of the whistleblower The regulator should also establish an "Office of the Whistleblower" ...

FEATURE: Gear up for retirement

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... Australians were confronted with the crude reality that the system cannot cater for the needs of the country's ageing population and self-funded retirement is not optional anymore. Retirees will increasingly have to build retirement portfolios that protect ...

Prepare for the 'financial Amazon': Joye

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
... Commonwealth Bank, whose market capitalisation is greater than that of McDonald's despite Australia's relatively small population. Joye also touched on the amendments to the Future of Financial Advice reforms, saying that "one real wrinkle" in the reforms ...

Exceeding your MAXpectations

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... professionals are forecast to manage $8 trillion of retirement savings in 20 years. At the moment, less than 20% of the population seek professional advice. Is it really fair that $6 trillion of savings rely on the will of the gods? CEOs and CIOs are ...

Group risk premiums on the up: Rice Warner

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... average," Rice Warner head of research Thierry Bareau said. He added that a combination of forces including changing population demographics and underwriting pressures appear to lie at the base of this new pricing development. "Should the group segment ...

MAX Preview: Beyond value of advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
... 9,000 practices and 826 licensed adviser groups. Illustrating the nascent stages of the industry, less than 20% of the population seek professional advice. A The MAX one-day professional learning program for marketers and BDMs is on 18 June, Wednesday ...

Super isn't working for us, say baby boomers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... ever the over 50s needed trust in a robust superannuation system, it's now. The ratio of pension recipients to working population is predicted to rise from 20 per 100 per working population in 2010 to as high as 36 per 100 per working population by 2030. ...

Baby boomers account for four in five dollars under advice

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
... and four out of every five dollars under advice, the latest report from researcher Investment Trends shows. An aging population and generational wealth differences have made retirees and pre-retirees the pre-eminent markets for financial planners - and ...

Dancing with digital: MAX

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
... educational videos (a no-go zone for many fund managers). That said, Scopelliti noted that nine million or nearly half of the population are either Gen X and Gen Y: his talk gets to the bottom of how these digital investors behave when it comes to managing ...