TREVOR HARRIS | TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013 Rainmaker's professional standards officer Trevor Harris runs through some of the tax benefits and pitfalls of transition to retirement pensions. Read more CATHERINE NANCE | TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013 PricewaterhouseCoopers partner Catherine Nance has a thorough look at how those now approaching retirement age will reshape the financial services industry. Read more  ANTHONY ASHER | TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013 As Australia's population reaches unprecedented levels of longevity, UNSW's Anthony Asher addresses some of the associated risks and proposes some controversial solutions. Read more  JEREMY COOPER , AARON MINNEY | TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013 Challenger's Jeremy Cooper and Aaron Minney take a look at the retirement phase of superannuation, advocating the inclusion of longevity protection products in addition to the standard account based pensions. Read more LESTER WILLS | MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013 Intuitively the answer to this question would appear to be yes as unlike many other countries around the world, Australia operates a mandatory retirement savings scheme called the Superannuation Guarantee (SG). As a result, Australia is in a better ... Read more ROSALYN DEVRIES | MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013 The aim of this qualitative study was to explore the intentions of employees working within the Australian higher education sector towards the retirement transition process. Work and non-work variables associated with retirement transition were explored ... Read more CHRIS PEARCE | THURSDAY, 1 JAN 2009 Self managed superannuation has proven to be a very successful concept, which continues to grow at a rapid rate. The Coalition strongly supports SMSFs as we believe in choice, and self managed superannuation provides a vehicle for Australians to determine ... Read more GEOFF DUNSFORD , DARREN WICKHAM | THURSDAY, 1 JAN 2009 One major aspect of the Age Pension system is its impact on retirement incomes generally, and the needs they are required to satisfy. We are told that our Three Pillars policy is the envy of many countries, but in practice Australia does not actually ... Read more DARREN WICKHAM | TUESDAY, 1 JAN 2008 Retirement is a relatively new phenomenon. As a period of leisure it is even more novel. Increasing lifespans and low birth rates mean that retirement is becoming less affordable. Retirement now means decades of government funded leisure (funded through ... Read more |
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DANIEL SHRIMSKI
MANAGING DIRECTOR
VANGUARD INVESTMENTS AUSTRALIA LTD
MANAGING DIRECTOR
VANGUARD INVESTMENTS AUSTRALIA LTD
Vanguard Australia managing director Daniel Shrimski is determined to propel the investment giant's superannuation product into the top 10 funds by assets under management by 2030. It's an audacious goal, even for a fund backed by the world's second largest asset manager. Andrew McKean writes.
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