family home

Superannuation

Retirement income system needs to be fairer: Actuaries Institute

Its year-long review has examined the role of the family home in retirement income provision, how advice results in better use of superannuation savings, and the Age Pens...

Features

Lodgings versus lifestyle: Can older Australians have it all?

Home is where the heart is for many older Australians. Stephen Hardy weighs up their desire to keep the family home with the challenge of funding decades in retirement....

Financial planning

Be careful when selling family home

Pensioners considering selling the family home in light of the changes to the Age Pension assets test should take into account emotional and practical consequences before...

Financial planning

Family home is untapped wealth

The family home needs to be included in a total asset approach to help fund retiree savings gaps, Homesafe Solutions believes....

Editorial

Time for bipartisanship on super

Mike Taylor writes that the major parties need to understand that notwithstanding the delicate make-up of the Senate, it is time to end the uncertainty around superannuat...

Superannuation

Family home may help fund superannuation

Constant tinkering and complexity of superannuation would make the family home better than super and may help fund retirement, according to Homesafe MD....