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Lifecycle not the answer: Rice Warner

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... be made worse by lifecycle Funds, which only help the poor returns caused by volatility, said Rice Warner Actuaries. Retirees dread a stock-market tumble, but most superannuation funds worry about this at the expense of Longevity and Inflation risk ...

Aging and deleveraging impact long-term growth: UBS

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... apparent in China. An aging population creates a funding crisis where fewer workers must maintain a larger number of retirees and can have a dramatic impact on GDP growth. "The worldwide aging trend, coupled with higher government pension costs, will ...

Retirees must invest in equities: State Street

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... year than an investor holding an average term deposit. Amanda Skelly, head of SPDR ETFs at the asset manager says that retirees should consider how long they have to live off their pension pot and whether they can afford to avoid equities altogether. ...

Retirement solution upside for investment managers: Oliver Wyman

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... expected over the next decade, Hook warned investment managers that they are not well prepared to serve the needs of the retirees segment. While wealth accumulation products generally cater well for the retirement sector, Hook also identified significant ...

Premium Wealth eyes-off QLD and WA

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... balances to provide a holistic service to. So the attraction of both the states is easy to see given the large number of retirees, small business people and growth prospects, he said. Harding-Davis said Premium was currently in a number of meaningful ...

Investors need mid-term protection: BT

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
... markets fall but still provide opportunity for growth on the upside. "Since the GFC we have seen a flight to safety as retirees who saw no alternative turned away from market exposure and re-weighted their portfolios to cash. "This was the most obvious ...

Advisers failing to engage disillusioned consumers

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... "There's lots of work to do to promote the value of equality of advice. People need to realise that advice is not just for retirees and the very wealthy, people in their twenties can benefit also." "The reason we have superannuation in Australia is because ...

Lonsec and Milliman challenge current advice model for retirees

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... Strong catalysts and structural trends have emerged that will fundamentally alter the provision of financial advice to retirees, according to Lonsec and Milliman. In a jointly released whitepaper by the two firms, dubbed 'Herding, Denial and Zeitgeist ...

Future Fund 'under-resourced' on climate risks

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... and then the Future Fund will be unable to sell any stranded assets and so it must start planning now." "Australia's retirees cannot afford another sub-prime crisis," he added. John Connor, CEO of The Climate Institute, which operates AODP in Australia ...

SMARTpension receives five-star rating

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... income streams for retirement is under the microscope. As a case in point, a study commissioned by CPA found that many retirees use their lump sum payouts to pay off existing debt, and then subsequently elect to receive a government pension. Megan Bolton ...