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Australia slips in global retirement ranks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2019
... and provides retirement security for Australians, but the fact is that most balances are too low, particularly given our ageing population, which is why our retirement age is set to increase to 67 in 2023." "Along with Denmark, we are the first of a ...

Climate change to damage returns: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... change has on long-term returns. The report written by Ramona Meyricke and Rafal Chomik, states that climate change and an ageing population are key global mega-trends in the 21st century, interacting to create a "perfect storm". "Without proper risk ...

Super debate too one dimensional: Rice Warner

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... reduction in eligibility for Age Pension payments. "Others have commented (erroneously) that there is still an impending ageing crisis that will blow out the Age Pension bill in future years," the firm said. But according to its own research, the super ...

Wealth projection boosts super fund engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
... receive more contributions and increased engagement, new research suggests. The ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR) studied the behaviour of about 20,000 Cbus members in 2013 who were given retirement income estimates (RIE) ...

Super sector needs to end culture war

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... said. "While we can have a technical debate, the primary purpose of super must be to reduce public sector costs from an ageing population and improve quality of life in retirement. Yet so much industry activity is focused on stopping positive changes ...

Mercer slams Grattan Institute

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
... will face the effects of the changing workforce, reduced home ownership, and financial implications associated with an ageing population. We cannot assume that the future will reflect our past experience. It is much more complex than that."

Government reduces deeming rates

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
... 1.5% to 1.25%. It immediately followed with another cut in July, slashing the official cash rate to 1%. The Council on the Ageing chief executive Ian Yates said reductions in the cash rate have impacted the interest paid on savings and term deposits ...

Fund managers lag on ESG

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
... pcp), Pendal Group scored 74.9 (up 0.1%), Platinum Asset Management scored 66.7 (steady). The report noted Australia's ageing population as a potential ESG risk for all three businesses. "Ageing population could be a negative as industry asset mix ...

Industry funds could solve energy crisis: ISA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2019
... investors to game the market through public subsidies and price movements. "While the climate debate rages on, Australia's ageing energy infrastructure continues to fall further and further behind the rest of the world. Much of the heavy industry ...

Final farewell for industry association

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
... Organisations will receive $30,000, while National Seniors and SA Superannuants will receive $10,000 each. The Council of the Ageing in the ACT, Queensland and Victoria will also receive $10,000 to be distributed pro-rata on the basis of SCOA membership ...