retirement income
Expert Analysis
We are well aware of the dangers Australia’s ageing population poses to our retirement income security. More needs to be done to innovate solutions to this, Stephen Huppe...
Post retirement
Putting equity from the family home could help retirees fund expenses, improve their income, and provide support to their families, a new retirement funding provider has ...
Post retirement
The Institute of Actuaries has urged the Government to consider imposing a dollar cap on the value of the family home that is exempt from the Age Pension means test....
Post retirement
The Actuaries Institute has backed the legislative changes requiring superannuation funds to develop retirement income strategies for their members from 1 July, next year...
Post retirement
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has urged the Senate to pass key legislation underpinning the development of post-retirement products....
Superannuation
Concerns about Labor’s proposed franking credit reforms have certainly carried into the new year, with one retirement income expert slamming the policy as failing the tes...
Post retirement
Nearly 90 per cent of investors responding to a survey believe the Federal Opposition’s proposed removal of refundable franking credits will reduce their quality of life....
Financial advice
The Federal Government will today release its inaugural Women’s Economic Security Statement, forming part of a critical effort to close the financial gap at retirement be...
Superannuation
Industry Super Australia has strongly disagreed with Grattan Institute analysis that the superannuation guarantee does not need to rise to 12 per cent....
Superannuation
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has joined the dissent against the Grattan Institute’s retirement report, labelling it “an unprecedented attack on th...
Superannuation
The Grattan Institute’s recommendation that more rental housing assistance be provided is not enough to combat the housing strain faced by retirees, the Australian Instit...
Superannuation
How Australians spend their super in the decumulation phase is set to change in the next few years, research from the ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Resear...
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 ...