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Longevity products in early stages

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... apparent, particularly managing longevity risk," said Julian Carpenter, MetLife's head of direct insurance distribution. An aging population means that life insurance and the rate of payouts will probably spike as many of the baby boomers and older generations ...

Align preservation and retirement age: DoFD

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
... of superannuation benefits will eventually break the budget. The main problem, noted the DoFD, is that the impacts of the aging Australian population will put too much pressure on retirement income and pension outlays. The government reversing or at ...

Population explosion to reshape wealth and pension

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
... IFSA's new chief John Brogden in a media statement. "IFSA maintains that the best way to alleviate the fiscal cost of an aging population to Pillar 1 (the Age Pension) is to enhance and accelerate both Pillar 2 (mandatory SG) and Pillar 3 (voluntary) ...

Fin services back associations

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
... supporters, it had increased the number of Certified Financial Planners (CFP). "We see a lot of members retire because we have an aging population but the net growth of CFPs is 3 per cent," said Bloch. "We're interested in quality not quantity. We've ...

Super assets to hit $2 trn by 2015: Deloitte

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2009
... significant growth around 9-10 compound per annum over 10 year durations. That growth is driven by the SG contributions; an aging population and a supportive environment in terms of voluntary contributions," said Gale. The Deloitte analysis also attempted ...

iShares adds three

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
... portfolio construction and they are very poorly represented on the ASX. "If people want to tap into the global trend of aging populations, they can do that through healthcare and pharmaceuticals that is wrapped into that one iShare. So it's about easy ...

Skandia adds online group insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
... announcement, the firm developed Wholesale Retirement Solutions that covers transition to retirement and income stream phases for aging investors. The product includes 125 fund options, fee for service of dial up fee options and online access via Skandia's ...

For those about to hit rock bottom, we salute you

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
... Alan Greenspan but rock band AC/DC, after the UK Guardian newspaper revealed the world goes into recession every time the aging rockers go on tour. Sending world stock markets into a tailspin, the aging pensioner rock band has just announced its UK and ...

RM advisers break through 1000 barrier

... 'trusted advisors'. The jump in the numbers of RMCs is in response to growing demand for reverse mortgages from Australia's aging population who increasingly see the product as a viable option. The expanding network has also enabled the industry body ...

Advisers graduate Synchron boot camp

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2008
... creature in their training needs to old advisers. Our industry has a problem of too many advisers in their 50s and they are aging, and to address that, two years ago we started our Next Gen course," said Synchron director Don Trapnell. The three-day ...