retirement income
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 ...
Post retirement
The Institute of Public Accountants has advocated an advisory role for accountants flowing from the Government’s promised review of the retirement income system....
From my perspective, 40- 50% of people are likely going to be deeply unhappy about how long they actually live. ...
Super director remuneration ...
No doubt true, but most of it is still because over 45’s have been upgrading their houses with 30 year mortgages. Money ...