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Lack of income stream drags local retirement system: Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023
... back. The latest Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index sees Australia placed fifth, coming in behind Netherlands, Iceland, Israel and Denmark, all of which received an A grade. While it's an improvement on last year, where Australia ranked sixth ...

Australians retiring later than global peers: Research

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023
... seventh for retirement security worldwide, keeping its place in the top 10. The top five countries were Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, Ireland, and Luxembourg. The Netherlands was ranked sixth, followed by Australia, New Zealand, Germany and Denmark. ...

Australian retirement system given B+

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2022
... year. The index covers 44 retirement systems around the world, measuring them on adequacy, sustainability, and integrity. Iceland, Netherlands, and Denmark received the top marks, followed by Israel and Finland. Overall, Australia scored 76.8 out of ...

2022 is the hardest year to retire: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022
... looked at the performance of retiree welfare across the globe and ranked Norway in the first place, Switzerland second and Iceland third. Australia sits at fifth place, retaining its spot in the top ten behind Ireland. New Zealand came in a sixth while ...

Australia improves super system quality

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2021
... 2020. Australia achieved an index value of 75 overall, 67.4 for adequacy, 75.7 for sustainability and 86.3 for integrity. Iceland and the Netherlands were the best in show with 84.2 and 83.5 respectively. Thailand ranked the lowest at 40.6. The study ...

Australia ranked seventh for retirement wellbeing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021
... Retirement Index. Australia maintained its ranking of seventh place in the latest index for the second consecutive year. Iceland ranked first for the third consecutive year while the top six country rankings remained unchanged since 2020 - Switzerland ...

Australia world class in retirement wellbeing

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... attractiveness of a country's retirement environment. The rest of the top 10 for retirement security comprised, in order, Iceland, Switzerland, Norway, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Canada, Denmark and Germany. This year, the GRI shows the impact ...

Chief economist update: Coronavirus infects oil market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... tourists took 149 million trips in 2018, with total spending amounting to US$130 billion - or the size of Luxembourg, Iceland and Cambodia, together. Not surprising, OPEC+ is scrambling and considering additional production cuts of 500,000 bpd to stabilise ...

Australia slips in global retirement ranks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2019
... women's general level of financial literacy - so more women are empowered to take control of their own financial future." Iceland came first in the rankings followed by Switzerland, Norway and Ireland with New Zealand in fifth place. Sweden, Denmark ...

Advisers wary of unlisted assets: Sunsuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
Many financial advisers believe unlisted assets lack transparency and are illiquid, growth investments. At the Sunsuper Adviser Roadshow in Sydney yesterday, an audience of advisers was informally polled on their thoughts about alternative, unlisted ...
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