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Zenith launches range of retirement portfolios

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
... income and age pension entitlements, protect capital and reduce investment risk to meet the lifelong income needs of retirees. To be known as the "Retirement Portfolios", Zenith said the new range of solutions had been developed in response to the growth ...

Super for retirement income not wealth warn Treasury, ASFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... objectives: "the system is on track to deliver for average Australians retirement income streams equivalent to 75% of retirees' pre-retirement income". Reinforcing this, the proportion of retirees drawing the full pension is down from 44% in 2000 to ...

Super for retirement income not wealth warn Treasury, ASFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... objectives: "the system is ontrack to deliver for average Australians retirement income streams equivalent to 75% of retirees' pre-retirement income". Reinforcing this, the proportion of retirees drawing the full pension is down from 44% in 2000 to 25% ...

FEATURE: Gear up for retirement

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... Laura Millan looks at how advisers and product providers can join forces to come up with the best strategies to meet retirees needs. Treasurer Joe Hockey's 2014-15 budget speech in May sent the wheels of the financial services industry speed up. The ...

The name is bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... institutions, such as insurance companies and pension funds, that have long-term liabilities to policy holders and future retirees. To better match their future assets to those liabilities, the institutions are taking their gains and investing them in ...

Baby boomers account for four in five dollars under advice

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
... 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, according to Investment Trends' December 2013 Retirement ...

Raise preservation age with some exceptions: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... work to that age. The FSC said that, with the Age Pension eligibility age set to rise to 70 by 2035, the age at which retirees can access their superannuation - preservation age - must also rise. "The FSC supports an increase in the preservation age ...

Super returns bonanza fizzles out

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... benefits paid in the March quarter was 10.3% higher than the corresponding 2013 quarter, reflecting to growing number of retirees in drawdown phase. Overall, Australia's pool of superannuation has breached the $1.8 trillion mark. Contributions to funds ...

T. Rowe Price partners with BT and Mosaic

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... generate sustainable income without volatility is critical in markets such as Australia where an increasing number of retirees face longer retirements."

Treasurer signals major superannuation shake up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
... how superannuation and the age pension interacts with a view to promoting a culture of more self-reliance among future retirees. "[Superannuation] is on my mind, it's on [Prime Minister] Tony Abbott's mind. We're thinking about how we're going to make ...