retirement income

Superannuation

The review could facilitate scrutiny of the government’s fiscally unsustainable policies, Heffron believes. ...

Financial advice

The Government needs to avoid placing at a disadvantage people who have already retired and who have established their investment settings, according to the Association o...

Post retirement

Drawdown rules and the industry’s current aim for retirement income promotes inappropriately low spending by retirees with meaningful balances, according to Willis Towers...

Superannuation

Rice Warner has hit out at the Grattan Institute’s claim that raising the super guarantee to 12 per cent would cost the average worker $30,000 as “sensational”, listing s...

Post retirement

The stagnation of deeming for the last four years is under scrutiny as the Reserve Bank’s second interest rate cut means that some pensioners are now facing a one-third r...

Features

In the aftermath of the Federal Election, with the Productivity Commission final report still very much on the table and with the Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, flagging a f...

Superannuation

SuperConcepts has launched a campaign for Parliament to enshrine the objective of the super system, calling for both a legislated definition and a mechanism to ensure it’...

Superannuation

The majority of Australians entering retirement are now officially self-funded, new research has found, in proof that the superannuation system is working for the current...

Superannuation

Recent regulatory changes to retirement calculator discounts could make a “significant” difference to consumers, as superannuation and retirement costs could be better es...

Financial advice

Yesterday’s confirmation that Australia’s economy was at its weakest since the global financial crisis in 2009 should serve as a warning to the public to protect their lo...

Superannuation

The Grattan Institute has stood by its position that the superannuation guarantee (SG) should remain at 9.5 per cent, saying that predictions of insufficient retirement i...

Expert Analysis

Should superannuation funds include the Age Pension when they estimate a member’s income in retirement? This modeling explores why this question is far more complex than ...

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Grant Banner

From my perspective, 40- 50% of people are likely going to be deeply unhappy about how long they actually live. ...

1 year 10 months ago
Kevin Gorman

Super director remuneration ...

1 year 11 months ago
Anthony Asher

No doubt true, but most of it is still because over 45’s have been upgrading their houses with 30 year mortgages. Money ...

1 year 11 months ago

Super funds have continued their growth streak, with the median growth fund on pace for a healthy calendar year return....

14 hours ago

Superannuation associations are in regular discussion with the Financial Advice Association Australia on the progression of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes legis...

14 hours ago

Including the superannuation sector in CSLR does not achieve the goal of shared responsibility and fairness given the root cause of the misconduct often lies elsewhere, t...

13 hours ago