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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 ...

Beware engaged baby boomers, super funds told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014
... written complaints in 2012-13. "With great respect to you as administrators and trustees, 2,444 out of a superannuation population of 27 million is a very small number of complaints indeed. And with enormous respect, I don't think it means that the industry ...

La Trobe registers for the Shanghai Free Trade Zone

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
... FTZ ) as part of an effort to participate in China's proposed financial market deregulation. "Asia's development and population base means it is now well on track to be a significant global player in financial markets. Looking towards 2020, we believe ...

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