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Embrace rising retirement age, says futurist

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
The rising retirement age is nothing to fear because in a service economy we are not going to die of over-physical work, according to IBISWorld chairman and 'futurist' Phil Ruthven AM. Ruthven told delegates at the Association of Superannuation Funds ...

Young Australians want 'quick fix' tips from advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
... to manage their finances but FP Week has revealed that their appetite for advice isn't much different from the retirement age group," FPA chief executive Mark Rantall said. Not surprisingly, people aged over 50 years old were the most engaged in Financial ...

Citi develops white label banking for industry funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... because the members have got longevity with the banks, and their network and ability to target people coming up to retirement age is vastly superior to anything the superannuation funds are ever going to be able to offer, unless they all do it together." ...

Baby boomers account for four in five dollars under advice

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
... Recep Peker said. "And that's just the tip of the iceberg. With the first wave of baby boomers only just reaching retirement age, retirees and pre-retirees will continue to demand higher levels of planning support for decades to come." The problem of ...

Protection needed if pension age increased: AIST

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... numbers of involuntary retirees. "If it is inevitable that the preservation age is lifted in line with a higher retirement age, there may be a need to consider the merit of early release provisions for those in genuine need who meet specific criteria ...

FPA-Cbus referral deal makes promising start

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014
... for a successful pilot." He said the majority of members seeking comprehensive advice were approaching or at the retirement age. Rantall said the early signs were positive, and that if it continues to go well it will roll out across Australia, and open ...

Expected retirement age slowly going up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
Despite the policy push for increasing the retirement age, most Australians are still retiring in their early fifties even though more future retirees expect to have to keep working beyond age 70. The average age of retirement in Australia in 2012-13 ...

Industry bodies clash over pension age

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
... not be the best one and shouldn't be considered in isolation," AIST chief executive Tom Garcia said. "Lifting the retirement age in isolation is a very blunt measure that could unfairly penalise low income earners and manual workers who tend to be more ...

UK retirees have more debt

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
... the Spring 2013 UK Aviva Real Retirement Report. "Despite the increasing tendency to work past the old Default Retirement Age of 65, it seems more people are dipping into their savings pots when they first enter retirement: a trend that is likely to ...

One-third of US federal workers could retire

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... employee being much older than for the rest of the workforce. The subtlety in the US is that there is no mandatory retirement age and so people tend to retire upon a certain trigger event such as they reach social security eligibility or there is a workforce ...