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May Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... survey that found that all five ex-Bank of Japan (BOJ) officials doubt whether 'Abenomics' would succeed because of its "aging society" and four "seeing little chance that the BOJ will achieve its 2 percent inflation target". That's Japan's nasty news. ...

Use super to help pay health costs: CEDA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
... will almost double to 7% of GDP. While this growth can be contained by some structural reforms, 40% of it is still due to aging and population factors and 60% is due to greater utilisation of more advanced treatments driven by innovation and technology. ...

Australia better long-term bet than the US

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
... Koesterich said that interests rates are likely to remain lower for longer than most economists predict as the trends of aging demographics and household deleveraging sees fewer people borrowing.

MetLife launches retirement product

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... develop the product was "born out of lessons from the Global Financial Crisis," as well as a way to deal with Australia's aging population. Development was done over the past two years to make sure the fund "got it right," and that lessons could be learned ...

End voluntary contribution age limits: Suncorp

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... pensions and aged care by 2050. "The writing is on the wall that we must improve productivity if we are going to cope with an aging population," Summerhayes added. "Increasing the workforce participation rates for workers aged 55 and over would certainly ...

Aging SMSF trustees revert to managed solutions

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
A growing number of self-managed super fund trustees are actively looking to move to a managed fund as they approach retirement, according to legalsuper chief executive Andrew Proebstl. He says that trustees are questioning whether they will have the ...

Aging and deleveraging impact long-term growth: UBS

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
Aging demographics and an ongoing process of debt deleveraging pose the biggest challenges to investors over the coming years, according to a report by UBS. While cyclical factors tend to dominate day-to-day market movements, according to the asset ...

Sun setting on the Land of the Rising Sun

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012

Equity Trustees names head of wealth mgmt

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... investment administration and advice, and total care services including power of attorney arrangements. "With Australia's aging population, we anticipate more people will seek the services and support provided by this area and we believe it is an area ...

Super baby bonus validity questioned

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
... that is coming up in the next five to ten years." "The policy gap around super will gain traction because the population is aging and the enormous savings gap is going to be felt more. That gap has to be filled," said Vamos.