With an estimated $330 billion set to flow out of the accumulation phase over the next decade, superannuation funds will have to offer annuity products if they want to re...
Cavendish Superannuation says recent changes mean it is time for SMSF trustees to review their pension options....
The cost of a comfortable retirement remains steady according to the latest ASFA data....
The cost of a comfortable retirement remains steady according to the latest ASFA data....
SPAA is looking to debate the issue of contributions caps, which it says are too low, at the Government's recently announced superannuation roundtable....
SPAA is looking to debate the issue of contributions caps, which it says are too low, at the Government's recently announced superannuation roundtable....
The Australian annuities market is tipped to reach $2 billion by the end of the 2011 calendar year, making it the biggest-selling year for annuities since 2004, according...
SMSFs need to start focusing on the challenges of post-retirement, according to David Lees, general manager - superannuation and investments for the BT Financial Group....
Financial advisers will still need to be very cautious in recommending reverse mortgages to their senior clients, despite the proposed protections around this product. An...
A roundtable of industry experts has suggested the Government's Stronger Super changes have been weakened by the absence of an answer on concessional contributions....
The financial planning industry has welcomed the Government's proposal to raise the superannuation guarantee from 9 per cent to 12 per cent....
IOOF warns FOFA changes may have unintended consequence of placing pressure on age pension....
The appropriate mix of retirement products combined with the age pension should provide certainty, growth and access to capital at a level suitable to each client. Rachel...
The Government should amend the tax system to help Australians build their retirement savings, Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall has said ...
The gap between the Newstart allowance and the age pension is rapidly increasing, placing Australians who are at the bottom of the ladder in serious financial stress, acc...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...
increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...