RETIREMENT COSTS

Financial planning

The development of a broad array of innovative products should not be first priority for the industry when it comes to retirement and could drive up the cost of financial...

Financial planning

Retirees have seen a slight increase in living costs over the last quarter, according to the ASFA Retirement Standard, with a jump in the cost of food particularly contri...

Financial planning

Despite many everyday expenses rising at the end of last year, such as medical services, postage, and meat, the cost of living for retirees only rose slightly for the Dec...

Superannuation

Retirees around 65 needed to spend 0.8 per cent more in the September quarter despite low annual growth in CPI, according to ASFA....

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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